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Longforest Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
About "sign on for someone" the phrasal verb
Hi,
One day, Bill Clinton stopped by to visit his uncle Buddy who at that time was in the mists of sorrow because his wife had contracted Alzheimer's Disease and therefore didn't know him for the most of the day. Bill said, " This is really hard, isn't it?" But surprisingly, Buddy said with a smile, "Yeah, it is, but I signed on for the whole load, and most of it were pretty good." What does Buddy mean, especially by the "I signed on for the whole load" part? Millions of thanks to you!
One day, Bill Clinton stopped by to visit his uncle Buddy who at that time was in the mists of sorrow because his wife had contracted Alzheimer's Disease and therefore didn't know him for the most of the day. Bill said, " This is really hard, isn't it?" But surprisingly, Buddy said with a smile, "Yeah, it is, but I signed on for the whole load, and most of it were pretty good." What does Buddy mean, especially by the "I signed on for the whole load" part? Millions of thanks to you!
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Longforest Hi, One day, Bill Clinton stopped by to visit his uncle Buddy who at that time was in the mists of sorrow because his wife had contracted Alzheimer's Disease and therefore didn't know him for the most of the day. " What does Buddy mean, especially by the "I signed on for the whole load" part? Millions of thanks to you!
- Longforest Hi, One day, Bill Clinton stopped by to visit his uncle Buddy who at that time was in the mists of sorrow because his wife had contracted Alzheimer's Disease and therefore didn't know him for the most of the day.
- " What does Buddy mean, especially by the "I signed on for the whole load" part?
- Millions of thanks to you!
- As if a contract had been signed; "I do, in sickness and in health"; whatever life brings.
- Think of a worker who has a part-time job of unloading a wagon of wood.
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Longforest
Hi,
One day, Bill Clinton stopped by to visit his uncle Buddy who at that time was in the mists of sorrow because his wife had contracted Alzheimer's Disease and therefore didn't know him for the most of the day. Bill said, " This is really hard, isn't it?" But surprisingly, Buddy said with a smile, "Yeah, it is, but I signed on for the whole load,
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Thank you, Philip! What you wrote has thrown new light on that sentence.Good for you!
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