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GET A FREE RIDE ONE WAY
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00 Someone could explain to me the exact meaning of this sentence (on capital letters) I have read on Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley"?: 02 br
00 'I stopped to pay toll and the the man leaned out the window. "Go on", he said, "it's on the house. I seen you go through the other way a little ago. I seen the dog. I knew you'd be back. YOU GET A FREE RIDE ONE WAY." 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance, Jo. 0-
00 Someone could explain to me the exact meaning of this sentence (on capital letters) I have read on Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley"?: 02 br
00 'I stopped to pay toll and the the man leaned out the window. "Go on", he said, "it's on the house. I seen you go through the other way a little ago. I seen the dog. I knew you'd be back. YOU GET A FREE RIDE ONE WAY." 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance, Jo. 0-
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0 Apparently this is a toll in which you pay going in each direction. The toll taker is not collecting the toll on his return trip - so "one way" of his two-way trip was free (no charge). "On the house" is another way to say that you will not be charged for it.
- 0 Apparently this is a toll in which you pay going in each direction.
- The toll taker is not collecting the toll on his return trip - so "one way" of his two-way trip was free (no charge).
- "On the house" is another way to say that you will not be charged for it.
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0 Apparently this is a toll in which you pay going in each direction. The toll taker is not collecting the toll on his return trip - so "one way" of his two-way trip was free (no charge). "On the house" is another way to say that you will not be charged for it. 0-
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