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Johnleo Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
flag, run
sorry to paste so many lines. It is from Dan Brown's work...
1. "Only Langdon, right?" Collet said. "You're not flagging Sophie Neveu. She's our own agent."
"Of course I'm flagging her!" Fache snapped. "What good is flagging Langdon if she can do all his dirty work? I plan to run Neveu's employment file—friends, family, personal contacts—anyone she might turn to for help. I don't know what she thinks she's doing out there, but it's going to cost her one hell of a lot more than her job!"
2. "Robert," Faukman finally said, "don't get me wrong. I love your work, and we've had a great run together. But if I agree to publish an idea like this, I'll have people picketing outside my office for months." Neveu's employment file—friends, family, personal contacts—anyone she might turn to for help.
Could you please explain the meaning of "flag" in here? I found one which is "to put a mark on sth so that it can be found easily amony many similar things". I'm not quite sure about it.
run=run through?
have a great run together. It seems to mean working great together, what's the exact meaning?
Thanks
P.S. I have edited the post.
1. "Only Langdon, right?" Collet said. "You're not flagging Sophie Neveu. She's our own agent."
"Of course I'm flagging her!" Fache snapped. "What good is flagging Langdon if she can do all his dirty work? I plan to run Neveu's employment file—friends, family, personal contacts—anyone she might turn to for help. I don't know what she thinks she's doing out there, but it's going to cost her one hell of a lot more than her job!"
2. "Robert," Faukman finally said, "don't get me wrong. I love your work, and we've had a great run together. But if I agree to publish an idea like this, I'll have people picketing outside my office for months." Neveu's employment file—friends, family, personal contacts—anyone she might turn to for help.
Could you please explain the meaning of "flag" in here? I found one which is "to put a mark on sth so that it can be found easily amony many similar things". I'm not quite sure about it.
run=run through?
have a great run together. It seems to mean working great together, what's the exact meaning?
Thanks
P.S. I have edited the post.
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1. flagging in this case could mean "targeting," which is similar to the definition you found. 2.
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- flagging in this case could mean "targeting," which is similar to the definition you found.
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- run in this case is hard to explain.
- it's a simple concept, though.
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1. flagging in this case could mean "targeting," which is similar to the definition you found.
2. run in this case is hard to explain. it's a simple concept, though. Run = time, in this case. It is like saying, The time we've spent together has been great. But....
"Run" is used like this when talking about scenarios that were great while they lasted.
Hope that helps!
2. run in this case is hard to explain. it's a simple concept, though. Run = time, in this case. It is like saying, The time we've spent together has been great. But....
"Run" is used like this when talking about scenarios that were great while they lasted.
Hope that helps!
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"You're not flagging Sophie Neveu. She's our own agent.": You're right, it means to mark someone. The modern use has to do with computers. In this case, if she tries to use a credit card, it will send an alert to the police.
"I plan to run Neveu's employment file": run - to look up her file on the computer.
"and we've had a great run together.": spent time working together. It i
"I plan to run Neveu's employment file": run - to look up her file on the computer.
"and we've had a great run together.": spent time working together. It i
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