"I don't know how to use the word 'cast' as it has a lot of different meanings. Which ones are used most frequently"
Sun Ling
Some English words have more than a dozen meanings and the word 'cast' is one of them.
It is a verb as well as a noun. You can use it in a literal way or metaphorically.
For example:
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Fishermen cast their nets into the sea.
Neil asked Li to cast her eyes on Sun Ling's question.
The cast of a show has nothing to do with a plaster cast in a hospital.
In today's Question and Answer of the Week Neil and Yang Li will take you through various meanings of the word 'cast'.
If you want a question answered too, just send it to questions.chinaelt@bbc.co.uk
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