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Could you please get me a picture describing this sentence so that I can understand it?


My purse was on a shoulder strap and I had it slung across my body, the way you were supposed to wear it so it wouldn't get snatched.

  

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The forum keeps messing up my link. Please remove the space in "ht tp". jpg Note that "purse" means different things in the US and the UK.

  • The forum keeps messing up my link.
  • Please remove the space in "ht tp".
  • jpg Note that "purse" means different things in the US and the UK.
  • In the US it means a women's bag for general items, as shown in the picture, what we in the UK would call a handbag.
  • In the UK, a purse is much smaller and is for money, cards, and possibly a few other very small items.
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The forum keeps messing up my link. Please remove the space in "ht tp".

ht tp://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/10/17/article-0-18CA0BDD00000578-260_640x806.jpg

Note that "purse" means different things in the US and the UK. In the US it means a women's bag for general items, as shown in the picture, what we in the UK would call a handbag. In the UK, a purse is much smaller and is for

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