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Hello everyone,
Chiang's whole career had been a struggle against the intervention in his well-ordered chain of events of that disturbing imperative which he called the mob.--- from "Red Star Over China" by Edgar Snow
What does "call" mean here?
Many many thanks.
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call v. called, call·ing, calls
v.tr.
9. To name: What will you call the baby?
The Free Dictionary
You are called zhonglc2020
"That disturbing imperative" probably had some real name, but HE called it "the mob".
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Got it.
Thank you.
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