It looks wet - It is wet

English translation: raining, everything covered or saturated with water

11:27 Oct 22, 2020
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English term or phrase: It looks wet - It is wet
What does "wet" mean in these two sentences?
It looks wet - It is wet

A- rainy or B- misty or C- humid


Boy: Does it snow all the time in Canada?
Mom: It snows a lot, but not all the time, not always. Sometimes it rains. See.
Boy: Oh, that's rain. It looks wet.
Mom: It is wet. But when it isn't raining or snowing, sometimes the sun shines.



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rezaproz
Iran
Local time: 19:42
Selected answer:raining, everything covered or saturated with water
Explanation:
https://www.lexico.com/definition/wet

Don't see the dicfficulty. Easy to find in a dictionary

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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 16:12
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +4raining, everything covered or saturated with water
Yvonne Gallagher
4humid
Serhan Elmacıoğlu


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
humid


Explanation:
imho

Serhan Elmacıoğlu
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Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: no, humid does not define "wet" here
39 mins

neutral  Tony M: As Yvonne says, not here.
49 mins
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
it looks wet - it is wet
raining, everything covered or saturated with water


Explanation:
https://www.lexico.com/definition/wet

Don't see the dicfficulty. Easy to find in a dictionary

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Note added at 5 days (2020-10-27 13:41:06 GMT) Post-grading
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 16:12
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 129
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: I suspect the speaker is suggesting that Canada is a wet (rainy) country — I think that's what the 'it' refers to.
11 mins
  -> except most American see it as a land of snow! It has lovely hot dry summers though!

agree  philgoddard
17 mins
  -> Thanks!

agree  Arabic & More
44 mins
  -> Thanks:-)

agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Wet means wet. It refers to the streets, roofs, etc.
3 hrs
  -> Thank you
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