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HSS Posted 20 years ago
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Figures! Go figure!
Hi!
I could understand the two expressions, and follow the rest of the stories but when it comes to me trying to use them, I'm a basket case. Could you please help me with some examples that might let me grasp how they are used? Thanks.
1) Figures!
2) Go figure!
Hiro/ Sendai, Japan
I could understand the two expressions, and follow the rest of the stories but when it comes to me trying to use them, I'm a basket case. Could you please help me with some examples that might let me grasp how they are used? Thanks.
1) Figures!
2) Go figure!
Hiro/ Sendai, Japan
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Hi, 1 ) Figures! It's short for 'that figures', meaning either 'that is likely' or 'that is easy to understand'. eg A: Tom got a great mark in his exam.
- Hi, 1 ) Figures!
- It's short for 'that figures', meaning either 'that is likely' or 'that is easy to understand'.
- eg A: Tom got a great mark in his exam.
- B: Figures!
- He studied every night, for hours and hours.
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Hi,
1) Figures! It's short for 'that figures', meaning either 'that is likely' or 'that is easy to understand'. eg
A: Tom got a great mark in his exam.
B: Figures! He studied every night, for hours and hours.
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A: Look, Windows is really easy to use . You just click on all these little icon things. For example, to get rid o
1) Figures! It's short for 'that figures', meaning either 'that is likely' or 'that is easy to understand'. eg
A: Tom got a great mark in his exam.
B: Figures! He studied every night, for hours and hours.
OR
A: Look, Windows is really easy to use . You just click on all these little icon things. For example, to get rid o
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CliveA. Look, we're all trying to get a date with that great-looking girl, and she's only interested in Tom.Without any offence Tom.
B: Go figure! Maybe she just likes ugly, stupid guys.
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CliveGreat examples, Clive. But how has B come to easily see by dragging it to the garbage can, you can get rid of it? A only mentioned clicking on icons.
A: Look, Windows is really easy to use . You just click on all these little icon things. For example, to get rid of something, you just drag it to the garbage can.
B: That figures.
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I'd point out that number 2 is a North American structure that you wouldn't hear in the UK. We would probably say "figure it out". To paraphrase Clive:
Figure it out! Maybe she just likes ugly, stupid guys.
Figure it out! Maybe she just likes ugly, stupid guys.
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Hi,
But how has B come to easily see by dragging it to the garbage can, you can get rid of it? A only mentioned clicking on icons.
Because A and B are sitting together in front of the computer, and A is showing B. I tried to signal that in my example by using the words 'Look' and 'these'.
Don't forget that language, especially spoken language
But how has B come to easily see by dragging it to the garbage can, you can get rid of it? A only mentioned clicking on icons.
Because A and B are sitting together in front of the computer, and A is showing B. I tried to signal that in my example by using the words 'Look' and 'these'.
Don't forget that language, especially spoken language
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Oh, I got it, Clive. As A demonstrates in front of B how to delete it into the can, B sees it's easily done. Therefore, he says "Figures" meaning, "It's easy to understand."
CliveHi,
But how has B come to easily see by dragging it to the garbage can, you can get rid of it? A only mentioned clicking on icons.
Because A
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Hi,
Yes.
"In a vacuum"? In the context of language, this phrase means something like: all by itself, with no connection with anything else or any other influences or factors, with no context.
In other words, for example, when you speak, I hear your tone and stress, I see your face and your hands, I relate your words t
Yes.
"In a vacuum"? In the context of language, this phrase means something like: all by itself, with no connection with anything else or any other influences or factors, with no context.
In other words, for example, when you speak, I hear your tone and stress, I see your face and your hands, I relate your words t
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