You have to read the subtext.
Source: tatoeba (2123427)
Subtext
Synonyms for "subtext" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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8 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 18 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kalarupthi noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Armenian
1 entries- ենթատեքստ noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Bulgarian
1 entries- подте́кст noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Catalan
1 entries- subtext noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 潛台詞 /潜台词 noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Czech
1 entries- podtext noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Finnish
1 entries- alateksti noun (implicit meaning of a text)
French
1 entries- sous-texte noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Georgian
1 entries- ქვეტექსტი noun (implicit meaning of a text)
German
1 entries- Subtext noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Hebrew
2 entries- משמעות סמוייה noun (implicit meaning of a text)
- תת כותרת noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Kazakh
3 entries- бүкпе мән noun (implicit meaning of a text)
- мәтін астары noun (implicit meaning of a text)
- сөздің астары noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Korean
1 entries- 서브텍스트 noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Polish
1 entries- podtekst noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Portuguese
1 entries- subtexto noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Russian
1 entries- подте́кст noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Spanish
1 entries- subtexto noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Swedish
2 entries- undermening noun (implicit meaning of a text)
- undertext noun (implicit meaning of a text)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
I don't understand the subtext.
Source: tatoeba (12854511)
Everyone heard the announcement, but not everyone agrees on what the subtext was.
Source: wiktionary
The word dick has meant penis since the 1890s, but Chester Gould’s private detective “Dick Tracy” has no puerile subtext related to this word.
Source: wiktionary
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