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Forum: English Questions Jan 6th, 2019, 09:01 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,494
Posted By susan53
Re: fair game

No - and you've taken my explanation out of context. You were then talking specifically about a suspect, not a wanted criminal. A suspect is an ordinary person without restrictions, and can therefore...
Forum: English Questions Jan 4th, 2019, 03:13 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,494
Posted By susan53
Re: fair game

No - it means that they are free within that area (the 5 wings of the jail) and can't be controlled and confined to their cells. The authorities don't know exactly where any one prisoner is within...
Forum: English Questions Jan 1st, 2019, 03:53 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,494
Posted By susan53
Re: fair game

No - it's not the suspect who is on the loose/at large, but the criminal.
Forum: English Questions Dec 29th, 2018, 05:23 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,494
Posted By susan53
Re: fair game

In the first - yes. No-one knows who or where the murderer is, but there certainlyisa murderer and s/he is therefore "on the loose"


In the second, no if you are referring to the person suspected....
Forum: English Questions Dec 24th, 2018, 07:58 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,494
Posted By susan53
Re: fair game

I think they're more or less synonymous. Eg here they'd be interchangeable :

1.With a dangerous and convicted murderer ON THE LOOSE and various alleged sightings of her, authorities hoped to quickly...
Forum: English Questions Dec 17th, 2018, 02:21 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,494
Posted By susan53
Re: fair game

No - because if the police don't have the necessary proof for to arrest a specific person, then there is no reason for the suspect to be "hiding". If I say "the criminal is still at large" it means...
Forum: English Questions Dec 10th, 2018, 03:18 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,494
Posted By susan53
Re: fair game

It's the same as I said except that the context suggests that it's the police / other authorities rather than her husband who are trying to take things. They've impounded her car - claiming that her...
Forum: English Questions Dec 8th, 2018, 04:48 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,494
Posted By susan53
Re: fair game

1. Fair game

"Game" = animals shot for sport or food. Eg someone who hunts lions and other large predators is known as a "big game hunter". Obviously there are strict regulations for hunting -...
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