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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Antonia: pull back on the throttle

Hello,

Can you please help me with the following:

1) pull back on the throttle What does it mean? It refers to driving in the boat.(perhaps reducing the speed?)

2) girlie knot

Thanks
  

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1. It will either be speeding up or reducing speed but not sure as I don't know much about boats! 2) Presumably they mean a badly tied knot...

— Nona the brit

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  • It will either be speeding up or reducing speed but not sure as I don't know much about boats!
  • 2) Presumably they mean a badly tied knot...
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1. It will either be speeding up or reducing speed but not sure as I don't know much about boats!

2) Presumably they mean a badly tied knot...
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Emotion: big smile

Hi Nona, well the context is that the character was nearing the dock and than he stopped. So it must be reducing speed
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1) is definitely to reduce speed

2) A girlie knot would imply a knot that is pretty to look at, but not very practical and might come apart easily.

Please don't read any sexism into the above phrase, I'm just describing it!
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