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The city council was notorious for voting down any measure t [#permalink] New post   09 Dec 2018, 02:38
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The city council was notorious for voting down any measure that would restrict its ability to wield power, so that it ______ a bill aimed to narrow the ambit of its jurisdiction was surprising only to the small few who had come to believe that the council would pull an about-face.

A. championed

B. took exception to

C. discarded

D. was in favor of

E. tabled

F. objected to
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Re: The city council was notorious for voting down any measure t [#permalink] New post   29 Dec 2018, 05:51
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can someone explain to me why "took exception to" rather than "discard"? my guess is that so far "discard" means "get read of smth that is no longer necessary but the bill is smth completely new.
what would you say?
btw, "take exception to" means challenge, right?
where do you recommend to check the translation of phrases?
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Re: The city council was notorious for voting down any measure t [#permalink] New post   10 Jun 2019, 07:13
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take exception to means to object strongly whereas discarded means to get rid of something no longer useful
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Re: The city council was notorious for voting down any measure t [#permalink] New post   13 Jun 2019, 06:40
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The city council was notorious for voting down any measure that would restrict its ability to wield power, so that it ______ a bill aimed to narrow the ambit of its jurisdiction was surprising only to the small few who had come to believe that the council would pull an about-face.

A. championed

B. took exception to

C. discarded

D. was in favor of

E. tabled

F. objected to


B and f
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Re: The city council was notorious for voting down any measure t [#permalink] New post   05 Jul 2019, 00:33
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The blank should be equivalent to something that the city council voted down. The correct answer would be took exception to and objected to. It cannot be discarded as it is too strong, the council took a collective stand against but it did not get rid of the bill already.
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Re: The city council was notorious for voting down any measure t [#permalink] New post   10 Aug 2019, 22:47
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Re: The city council was notorious for voting down any measure t [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2021, 04:28
If what the council did was surprising, shouldn't we consider that council acted not how they would normally do?
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Re: The city council was notorious for voting down any measure t [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2021, 13:02
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If what the council did was surprising, shouldn't we consider that council acted not how they would normally do?


bill aimed to narrow the ambit of its jurisdiction was surprising only to the small few


The way he acted was surprising to a few NOT the council was surprising on its own or per se.

I.E the council,the way he acted was NOT surprising to the most
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