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Nero8 Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

drop a hint

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00does it sound well if say: "I dropped you a hint, but you didn't get it"02br
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0Hmm. " In that case, you simply 01i 00gave02i 00 me a hint. 0-

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0Hmm. You can certainly drop hints, but I don't think you can "drop you a hint." In that case, you simply 01i00gave02i00 me a hint. (At least, that's what sound natural to me.)02br
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00I've been dropping hints all month that I'd like a baby elephant for Christmas.02br
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00I gave you a hint about where we were going for dinner,
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0 My reading is the same as GG's: 01i00dropping hints02i00 it's like 01b00spreading02b00 them everywhere, not giving them to someone. 02br
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00 EDIT: made some searches, there are people using "drop you a hint," thus it may be useable, but it's not common. 0-
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10Hi,12br
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10does it sound well if say: "I dropped you a hint, but you didn't get it"12br
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10thanks in advanced.12br
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10In this context you should say "I dropped the hint, but you didn't get it".0-
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