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25 June
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What does What does "a nod" mean in the sentence, "He spent nearly an hour talking to the troops inside a system of trenches they had nicknamed Vietnam—a nod to the mud and morass of a war they had seen in the movies. ?" mean?
What does What does "a nod" mean in the sentence, "He spent nearly an hour talking to the troops inside a system of trenches they had nicknamed Vietnam—a nod to the mud and morass of a war they had seen in the movies. ?" mean?
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A nod is synonymous with “A reference to” in this example
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