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Yang5s1 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
"dog with two tails"
Question 3
Which of the phrases below is an appropriate expression to replace the underlined words in the following sentence?
"Nick, you do look like a dog with two tails! Why? What's happened? Surely there must be a reason!" Tyler teased his classmate.
A. extremely contented
B. extremely satisfied
C. extremely comical
D. extremely pleased
Which of the phrases below is an appropriate expression to replace the underlined words in the following sentence?
"Nick, you do look like a dog with two tails! Why? What's happened? Surely there must be a reason!" Tyler teased his classmate.
A. extremely contented
B. extremely satisfied
C. extremely comical
D. extremely pleased
Top answer
Where did you get this question from? Normally in (Br) English we use a different expression for being extremely happy (pleased is your nearest version). Is this an Am expression or just a edited version for exams?
- Where did you get this question from?
- Normally in (Br) English we use a different expression for being extremely happy (pleased is your nearest version).
- Is this an Am expression or just a edited version for exams?
- We would say a dog with two dicks.
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Where did you get this question from? Normally in (Br) English we use a different expression for being extremely happy (pleased is your nearest version). Is this an Am expression or just a edited version for exams? We would say a dog with two dicks.
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Hi Dave,
http://dictionaries.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=dog*5+0&dict=Iand Longman dictionaries (both British) list it as "dog with two tails", though.
http://dictionaries.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=dog*5+0&dict=Iand Longman dictionaries (both British) list it as "dog with two tails", though.
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Really. I have never heard it said in formal or informal conversations. I would simply say like a dog with two, and leave the rest to be filled in if I wanted to refer to the phrase without saying it. It doesn't seem to work the same with tails. I'll look in Macmillian out of interest.
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Hi,
Add Oxford to the "two-tails" list.
However, I've foundhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/44/messages/617.html on The Phrase Finder
Add Oxford to the "two-tails" list.
However, I've foundhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/44/messages/617.html on The Phrase Finder
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