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Meantolearn Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

A line from ads

Make it a meal for $1.00 more.


1. What does the quotes above mean?

2. What does 'make' mean?

3. What does 'it' refer to?

4. Which sentence pattern matches the quotes ? A or B? Please explain.
A. V + I.O. + D.O.
B. V + O. + O.C.





Note: V - verb , I.O. - indirect object , D.O. - direct object , O. - object,
O.C. - object complement
  

Top answer

I can't help with the parts of speech, but I think I can explain the intent of the ad. Suppose you want to buy a hamburger. A hamburger by itself is just a snack - it could be considered to be just one component of a complete meal.

  • I can't help with the parts of speech, but I think I can explain the intent of the ad.
  • Suppose you want to buy a hamburger.
  • A hamburger by itself is just a snack - it could be considered to be just one component of a complete meal.
  • To "make it a meal," that is, to transform the hamburger into a complete meal (I would say a "balanced meal," but I suspect we are talking about McDonald's here) you might add a salad (or french fries, more likely) and a beverage or dessert.
  • In other words, make the hamburger into a meal by adding more dishes.
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I can't help with the parts of speech, but I think I can explain the intent of the ad. Suppose you want to buy a hamburger. A hamburger by itself is just a snack - it could be considered to be just one component of a complete meal. To "make it a meal," that is, to transform the hamburger into a complete meal (I would say a "balanced meal," but I suspect we are talking about McDonald's here) y
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Does it means that add a little more things which just cost $1.00 so you can transform what you have into a complete meal?
Should "make" be synonymous with add or buy and " It" refers to something similar to "the salad(or french fries, more likely) and a beverage or dessert for hamburger"which Khoff described before. or maybe "a meal" is the direct obect for "make" , "for $1.00 more" is a
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You could paraphrase it with: "turn it into a meal" by buying complements for only $1.00 more

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