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Teleostomi Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
"break down"
0 Tell me what "break down" exactly means in the following quote? Does it literally mean " 01 b 00 destroy 02 b 00 "? 02 br
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00 [i second that... however, when working on the road, and living out of hotels which may or may not provide wifi, consoles are a life saver especially when we can get adjoining rooms and take a couple other tvs from our other rooms for our crew and link up and get busy... definitely more portable than my desktop, however i do bring it with me from time to time... i am going to 01 u 00 break down 02 u 00 and get a laptop...] 0-
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00 [i second that... however, when working on the road, and living out of hotels which may or may not provide wifi, consoles are a life saver especially when we can get adjoining rooms and take a couple other tvs from our other rooms for our crew and link up and get busy... definitely more portable than my desktop, however i do bring it with me from time to time... i am going to 01 u 00 break down 02 u 00 and get a laptop...] 0-
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12 blockquote 10 It means I am going to (finally) give in and get a laptop - in other words he/she has been resisting buying one 0-
- 12 blockquote 10 It means I am going to (finally) give in and get a laptop - in other words he/she has been resisting buying one 0-
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01 cite 10 Teleostomi 12 cite 10 i am going to 11 u 10 break down 12 u 10 and get a laptop. 12 blockquote10 It means I am going to (finally) give in and get a laptop - in other words he/she has been resisting buying one 0-
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00 "(finally) break down and ..." is 01 u 00 finally 02 u 00 to do something after knowing for a lo
01 cite 10 Teleostomi 12 cite 10 i am going to 11 u 10 break down 12 u 10 and get a laptop.. 12 blockquote10 break down = give in, stop resisting, yield to necessity 02 br
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00 "(finally) break down and ..." is 01 u 00 finally 02 u 00 to do something after knowing for a lo
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0 I see 'finally' here as meaning after all/ after everything 02 br
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00 eventually to me implies that the eventual outcome has some certainty - but I could be wrong 0-
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00 eventually to me implies that the eventual outcome has some certainty - but I could be wrong 0-
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