to riff from
Polish translation: nawiązywać do / czerpać z ([czyichs] pomysłów) / rozwijać ([czyjeś] teorie)
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| 3 | kopiować/zapożyczyć od |
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| A riff picks up on the themes of the original text |
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nawiązywać do / czerpać z ([czyichs] pomysłów) / rozwijać ([czyjeś] teorie) Explanation: . -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2024-01-04 11:56:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.dictionary.com/browse/riff 4. to experiment with a thing or idea, making changes that create a new and novel version of it (often followed by on): My partner likes to let his ideas quietly simmer, but I prefer to riff on mine in conversations where I can bounce my thoughts off other people. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2024-01-04 11:57:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/riff riff verb [I] (SPEAK) to speak for a long time on a particular subject, especially in a humorous way: He strutted and riffed on topics from global warming to parenthood. |
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kopiować/zapożyczyć od Explanation: The ideas are not original with Kelly Oliver, who "borrowed" them from somewhere else. cccccccc Jazz. a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated, forming an accompaniment or part of an accompaniment for a soloist. a new variation on or a different manifestation of an existing thing or idea (often followed by on): This is an eco-conscious riff on the study-abroad experience. verb (used without object) Jazz. to perform a repeated melodic phrase, forming an accompaniment for a soloist. to experiment with a thing or idea, making changes that create a new and novel version of it (often followed by on): https://www.dictionary.com/browse/riff |
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| Reference: A riff picks up on the themes of the original text Reference information: I find the concept of riffing useful because it suggests what we hope to accomplish with much critical thinking and intellectual observation. The term riffing (which derives from the musical slang for repeated chord progressions within a work) externalizes ideas about an event that might seem whimsical but ultimately relate to a core theme, suggesting an awareness of situatedness within the culture and audience. A riff picks up on the themes of the original text or “through-line.” A worthwhile distinction here, one which sheds some light on the practice of riffing, is how it is distinguished from heckling. Whereas the latter tries to “destroy the text” by “fault finding,” the former offers an alternative that “settles over an existing text, creating a new thing, dependent on the previous work, but greater than it” (McWilliams and Richardson 113). - https://compositionforum.com/issue/33/riffing.php |
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