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I suspect that 'car', not 'cat' was intended, but in any case, without further context, it is no idiom. It just means 'purchase a new feline pet for someone'.
- I suspect that 'car', not 'cat' was intended, but in any case, without further context, it is no idiom.
- It just means 'purchase a new feline pet for someone'.
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I suspect that 'car', not 'cat' was intended, but in any case, without further context, it is no idiom. It just means 'purchase a new feline pet for someone'.
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I suspect that 'car', not 'cat' was intended, but in any case, without further context, it is no idiom. It just means 'purchase a new feline pet for someone'.
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I wonder if the b is actually an o. Oftentimes we abbreviate "someone" as "so" or "s/o". If so, it would mean "Buy someone a new cat."
-Carla
-Carla
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Hi Carla,
We also use sb for somebody. There's really no difference between someone and somebody.
We also use sb for somebody. There's really no difference between someone and somebody.
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I've never seen sb as an abbreviation, but now that you mention it, I think you're right.
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Interesting... I think of sb and sth as abbreviations from the dictionaries. For instance, below are two examples from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (at the entries "give" and "recommend", respectively).
(give)
sth to sb
(give)
sth to sb
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Hi,
True.
But it's not something I would ever write myself (unless I started writing dictionaries.
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Clive
True.
But it's not something I would ever write myself (unless I started writing dictionaries.
)Clive
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