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Vocabulary
Feel that way/by the business
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One woman tells another that some time ago she was kissed by a certain guy and fainted.
The other one replied:
I’d no idea that you felt that way about him.’
‘I conceal it as well as I can. It suits me to be here. I live
for nothing, and damn well. Even my petrol comes out of
Uncle Eric’s pump, and all my car expenses are taken care
of by the business. Some income-tax fiddle or other. So I
can save like mad. I’m saving up to get married, but, for
God’s sake, don’t breathe a word to anyone. . . .’ She spent
the rest of the journey tellingMissMayfield about theman
of her choice; how wonderful he was, and how poor, and
how many years it would be before he would earn anything
like a reasonable salary. Her voice, her whole
manner, changed when she spoke of him.
"felt that way about him" - Does it mean that she had warm feelings for him? Is it possible that she still feels this way about this guy? In the next sentence she says: "I conceal it as well as I can". So I'm not sure if she felt that way about him in the past or still feels that about him now? The preceding sentence is in the past tense and the next one in present tense?
I take it to mean that she drives on uncle's Eric gasoline (I don't think it implies that her uncle runs his own petrol station)?
However I'm not quite sure what she means by "all my car expenses are taken care of by the business."
One woman tells another that some time ago she was kissed by a certain guy and fainted.
The other one replied:
I’d no idea that you felt that way about him.’
‘I conceal it as well as I can. It suits me to be here. I live
for nothing, and damn well. Even my petrol comes out of
Uncle Eric’s pump, and all my car expenses are taken care
of by the business. Some income-tax fiddle or other. So I
can save like mad. I’m saving up to get married, but, for
God’s sake, don’t breathe a word to anyone. . . .’ She spent
the rest of the journey tellingMissMayfield about theman
of her choice; how wonderful he was, and how poor, and
how many years it would be before he would earn anything
like a reasonable salary. Her voice, her whole
manner, changed when she spoke of him.
"felt that way about him" - Does it mean that she had warm feelings for him? Is it possible that she still feels this way about this guy? In the next sentence she says: "I conceal it as well as I can". So I'm not sure if she felt that way about him in the past or still feels that about him now? The preceding sentence is in the past tense and the next one in present tense?
I take it to mean that she drives on uncle's Eric gasoline (I don't think it implies that her uncle runs his own petrol station)?
However I'm not quite sure what she means by "all my car expenses are taken care of by the business."
Top answer
Hi, One woman tells another that some time ago she was kissed by a certain guy and fainted. ’ ‘I conceal it as well as I can. It suits me to be here.
- Hi, One woman tells another that some time ago she was kissed by a certain guy and fainted.
- ’ ‘I conceal it as well as I can.
- It suits me to be here.
- I live for nothing, and **** well.
- Even my petrol comes out of Uncle Eric’s pump, and all my car expenses are taken care of by the business.
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Hi,
One woman tells another that some time ago she was kissed by a certain guy and fainted.
The other one replied:
I’d no idea that you felt that way about him.’
‘I conceal it as well as I can. It suits me to be here. I live
for nothing, and **** well. Even my petrol comes out of
Uncle Eric’s
One woman tells another that some time ago she was kissed by a certain guy and fainted.
The other one replied:
I’d no idea that you felt that way about him.’
‘I conceal it as well as I can. It suits me to be here. I live
for nothing, and **** well. Even my petrol comes out of
Uncle Eric’s
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Hi Clive.
So does the phrase "felt that way about him" mean that she "had warm feelings for him"?
So her uncle pays for her car expenses and that's why income-tax fiddle?
So does the phrase "felt that way about him" mean that she "had warm feelings for him"?
So her uncle pays for her car expenses and that's why income-tax fiddle?
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By the way, can the phrase I’d no idea that you felt that way about him have a negative connotation in a different context? Because I'm not sure now if she wanted to say that she liked him or just the opposite?
The guy who kissed that girl was a canon. (Canon is the owner of a private school she works in as a teacher)
Earlier she said that the canon gives her the creeps, t
The guy who kissed that girl was a canon. (Canon is the owner of a private school she works in as a teacher)
Earlier she said that the canon gives her the creeps, t
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Hi,
By the way, can the phrase I’d no idea that you felt that way about himhave a negative connotation in a different context? Yes. It refers to the feeling that has just been indicated, whether positive or negative. Because I'm not sure now if she wanted to say that she liked him or just the opposite?
The guy who kissed that girl was a
By the way, can the phrase I’d no idea that you felt that way about himhave a negative connotation in a different context? Yes. It refers to the feeling that has just been indicated, whether positive or negative. Because I'm not sure now if she wanted to say that she liked him or just the opposite?
The guy who kissed that girl was a
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