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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
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Check against...

Clark: You know, why don't we take that picture?

Ryan: What picture? You're not putting me on that freak wall, are you?

Chloe: It's called the Wall of Weird, and no. This picture's just to
check against (check for?) missing persons. Okay, I'm gonna go download this.
I'll be there in a sec. She'll be done in a sec or she'll be back in a sec?
  

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"Check against" is the right phrase. It means that the picture will be compared to the pictures of missing persons — checked againt them (so to say). « She'll be done in a sec or she'll be back in a sec?

  • "Check against" is the right phrase.
  • It means that the picture will be compared to the pictures of missing persons — checked againt them (so to say).
  • « She'll be done in a sec or she'll be back in a sec?
  • » Neither, I think.
  • "There" means "there".
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"Check against" is the right phrase. It means that the picture will be compared to the pictures of missing persons — checked againt them (so to say).

«She'll be done in a sec or she'll be back in a sec? »

Neither, I think. "There" means "there". Maybe at the site wherefrom it is available for download?

EDIT: If you carefully look into
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I got the picture. Thanks, Ant_222!

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