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Meantolearn Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
cell phone features
A cell phone has the following features.
It's got e-mail. It's got text and picture messaging. It's got a phone book with up to 500 entires.
It's got a long-lasting battery... an alarm clock...a calendar...musical ringtones...games...the works!
1. What does the 'works' mean?
2. Is it a common usage?
3. Is it necessary in plural?
Thanks,
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A ring tone is the sound made by a to indicate an incoming call. The term is most often used to refer to the customisable sounds available on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone. The facility was originally provided so that people would be able to determine when their phone was ringing when in the company of other mobile phone owners.
Ring tones are one sector of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_music industry. (Wikipedia)
It's got e-mail. It's got text and picture messaging. It's got a phone book with up to 500 entires.
It's got a long-lasting battery... an alarm clock...a calendar...musical ringtones...games...the works!
1. What does the 'works' mean?
2. Is it a common usage?
3. Is it necessary in plural?
Thanks,
____
A ring tone is the sound made by a to indicate an incoming call. The term is most often used to refer to the customisable sounds available on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone. The facility was originally provided so that people would be able to determine when their phone was ringing when in the company of other mobile phone owners.
Ring tones are one sector of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_music industry. (Wikipedia)
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The works = everything available. It is quite common in casual English. I always order my hamburgers with the work s.
- The works = everything available.
- It is quite common in casual English.
- I always order my hamburgers with the work s.
- Plural is required.
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The works = everything available. It is quite common in casual English. I always order my hamburgers with the works. Plural is required.
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