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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Bloody nowhere, getting in one storm
The 16-year-old sailor is expected to reach dry land tonight after being found in what West Australian Water Police described as "the middle of bloody nowhere" by a team of experienced observers who flew from Perth in a Qantas jet.
"Crazy is the word that really describes everything that has happened best . . . it seems everybody is eager to pounce on my story now something bad has happened," Abby blogged yesterday after being rescued by the French fishing vessel Ile de la Reunion on Saturday evening.
"There are plenty of things people can think of to blame for my situation: my age, the time of year and many more," she said after three days adrift and two flights -- one to find her and another to check on her safety.
he truth is I was in a storm and you don't sail through the Indian Ocean without getting in at least one storm. As for age, since when does age create gigantic waves and storms?"
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Source :
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/age-not-to-blame-says-teenage-sailor-abby-sunderland/story-e6frg6nf-1225879199299
"Crazy is the word that really describes everything that has happened best . . . it seems everybody is eager to pounce on my story now something bad has happened," Abby blogged yesterday after being rescued by the French fishing vessel Ile de la Reunion on Saturday evening.
"There are plenty of things people can think of to blame for my situation: my age, the time of year and many more," she said after three days adrift and two flights -- one to find her and another to check on her safety.
he truth is I was in a storm and you don't sail through the Indian Ocean without getting in at least one storm. As for age, since when does age create gigantic waves and storms?"
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Source :
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/age-not-to-blame-says-teenage-sailor-abby-sunderland/story-e6frg6nf-1225879199299
Top answer
"Middle of nowhere" is a common phrase = far away from any civilization. "******" is a crude expletive in BrEng. We get in trouble, lost, in such-and-such situation = find ourselves (in)
- "Middle of nowhere" is a common phrase = far away from any civilization.
- "******" is a crude expletive in BrEng.
- We get in trouble, lost, in such-and-such situation = find ourselves (in)
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"Middle of nowhere" is a common phrase = far away from any civilization.
"******" is a crude expletive in BrEng.
We get in trouble, lost, in such-and-such situation = find ourselves (in)
"******" is a crude expletive in BrEng.
We get in trouble, lost, in such-and-such situation = find ourselves (in)
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"****** nowhere": ****** is an almost-expletive common to, I believe, all but AmE. "The middle of nowhere" - very far from anything, usually civilization.
"getting in" This is probably grammatically incorrect. Read it as "getting into".
"getting in" This is probably grammatically incorrect. Read it as "getting into".
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Philip"******" is a crude expletive in BrEng.In Australia (where the quote comes from) I believe they use it more freely than we do here in the UK. In the UK it is a sort of mid-range expletive. It's not something you'd say in polite company, but it's milder than, say, "f***ing".
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Mr Wordybut it's milder than, say, "***".Huh? Even my bleeped-out version got censored. I imagine you can guess the word.
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