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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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casual, neutral, pretentious
0 way too loud ( 01 b 00 casual, 02 b 00 conversational) 02 br
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00 much too loud (most ordinary and 01 b 00 neutral) 02 b 02 br
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00 far too loud (sounds a bit 01 b 00 pretentious 02 b 00 to me -- rather formal. Or maybe British! 05 0 00 ) 02 br
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00 Please explain the bold words with respect to above text. Also, I think `pretentious' means `very attractive', Am I right? 030src /emoticons/emotion-5.gif
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00 much too loud (most ordinary and 01 b 00 neutral) 02 b 02 br
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00 far too loud (sounds a bit 01 b 00 pretentious 02 b 00 to me -- rather formal. Or maybe British! 05 0 00 ) 02 br
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00 Please explain the bold words with respect to above text. Also, I think `pretentious' means `very attractive', Am I right? 030src /emoticons/emotion-5.gif
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02 br 02 br 00 pretentious - not, nothing to do with attractive. 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 pretentious - not, nothing to do with attractive.
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0 casual - informal 02 br
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00 neutral - in this context, neither formal nor informal, somewhere in the middle of the two. 02 br
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00 pretentious - not, nothing to do with attractive. Where's your dictionary today Gary? 0-
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00 neutral - in this context, neither formal nor informal, somewhere in the middle of the two. 02 br
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00 pretentious - not, nothing to do with attractive. Where's your dictionary today Gary? 0-
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01 cite 10 Nona The Brit 12 cite 10 casual - informal 12 br
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10 neutral - in this context, neither formal nor informal, somewhere in the middle of the two. 12 br
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10 pretentious - not, nothing to do with attractive. Where's your dictionary today Gary? 12 br
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0 Oh, I see how that can be confusing. 02 br
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00 When you do something with the sole purpose of impressing others, that's being pretentious. 02 br
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00 For example, I buy a car I don't necessarily like very much myself, but it's obviously an expensive car, and I have it custom painted, and I get a really loud stereo system, and I do all that because I want
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00 When you do something with the sole purpose of impressing others, that's being pretentious. 02 br
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00 For example, I buy a car I don't necessarily like very much myself, but it's obviously an expensive car, and I have it custom painted, and I get a really loud stereo system, and I do all that because I want
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0 Ah I see your confusion. Just bear in mind that 'pretentious' is a negative word. It is a bad character trait/action. 0-
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