Ambiguity, thy name is English - T

last refreshed 05/19/2010 10:17:13 AM
Expression ...may mean any of
take a case to court take a hard bag to a date
take a case [of beer] to [insert sport here] court
take a [legal] case to court [of law or other]
take a case [of anything] to the food court
take off remove a peace of garment off a body
become airborne
The key thing is getting them to trial the key thing is to have a trial for them
they are brought to trial by the key thing
the last living man to walk on the moon the last living man will walk on the moon
the last living man among those who walked on the moon
the late, great HBO series the deceased HBO series
the series which went on HBO around midnight
the series which went on HBO recently
the series which HBO should have had earlier; when they did, it was too late
the military and religious fundamentalists the army and the people of fundamental faith
the military fundamentalists and the religious fundamentalists
the fundamentalists who are both military and religious
the table would be read only there. the table wouldn't be read elsewhere
there it wouldn't be written, just read; elsewhere isn't defined
this wasp's nest nest of this wasp
this nest of a wasp
time flies time does fly
can't time them, they're too fast.
to be seen to be noticed
must be let take its course until there is an outcome
worth seeing
total error error while totalling
a complete error
the sum of errors
translate server error translate the server error, please
the translator server's error
traveling light taking scarce luggage to a trip
a light which travels
turn into change direction into (a side street, e.g.)
become something else (a frog, perhaps)
twenty dollar bill banknote valued $20
bar tab to $20
a beak priced $20
twenty five year olds those of age 25
twenty of those of age 5
two thousand five riots two thousand and five cases of riot
riots in the year two thousand and five