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Monday, 12 October 2009

vocab for the week 20

What is the meaning of the expression ‘beyond his ken’?

The word ‘ken’ is Scottish in origin, and it is means ‘to know someone or something’. Therefore, when you say that something is ‘beyond your ken’, what you mean is that you do not know anything about it. It is something that is beyond your understanding.

*Please don’t talk to me about grammar. It is just beyond my ken.

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