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RoyGBiv Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
grounded,7&7,punch...
1. Sandy comes home and hears digitized war being fought. He heads down the hall to yell at Seth for playing video games while grounded.(fail in exam.?)
2. And then…Dawn orders a 7&7.
3. At home, Sandy says he needs to have a private chat with Kirsten post haste.(should it be 'posthaste' as an adverb.)
4. Marissa tells Ryan and Anna to take a waltz position, which is in neither's repertoire. (neither is a noun.?)
5. Ryan punches the clock again and again runs into Marissa. (is 'punch' here the same meaning as that in'punch buttons')
6. available: 'is US dollar available? ' to ask if I can use US dollar to buy something in store. Is this OK?
Thank you in advance.
2. And then…Dawn orders a 7&7.
3. At home, Sandy says he needs to have a private chat with Kirsten post haste.(should it be 'posthaste' as an adverb.)
4. Marissa tells Ryan and Anna to take a waltz position, which is in neither's repertoire. (neither is a noun.?)
5. Ryan punches the clock again and again runs into Marissa. (is 'punch' here the same meaning as that in'punch buttons')
6. available: 'is US dollar available? ' to ask if I can use US dollar to buy something in store. Is this OK?
Thank you in advance.
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com/en/POSTHASTE 4) neither 's a pronoun here 5) punch the clock ---------- punch the clock US to put a card into a special machine to record the times you arrive at and leave work: After 17 years of punching the clock, he just disappeared one morning and was never heard from again. key=64174&dict=CALD ----------- but I am not sure this is the meaning in this case, perhaps he's just wasting his time at work
- com/en/POSTHASTE 4) neither 's a pronoun here 5) punch the clock ---------- punch the clock US to put a card into a special machine to record the times you arrive at and leave work: After 17 years of punching the clock, he just disappeared one morning and was never heard from again.
- key=64174&dict=CALD ----------- but I am not sure this is the meaning in this case, perhaps he's just wasting his time at work
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grounded=barred from going out (of the house, or to parties, etc) as a punishment
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post-haste
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/POSTHASTE
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neither's a pronoun here
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grounded=barred from going out (of the house, or to parties, etc) as a punishment
3)
post-haste
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/POSTHASTE
4)
neither's a pronoun here
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2. A drink made from Seagram's 7 and 7-up. (Rum and lemon-lime soda)
6. It would be more natural to say "Do you accept US (dollars/currency)?
6. It would be more natural to say "Do you accept US (dollars/currency)?
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and again runs into Marissa
Think of this as Ryan punches the clock again (and again runs into Marissa). I don't think they mean that he punches the clock several times as in 'again and again'.
Presumably he is punching out of work (again as he punched in earlier) and ran into Marissa (again as he had run into her before).
Think of this as Ryan punches the clock again (and again runs into Marissa). I don't think they mean that he punches the clock several times as in 'again and again'.
Presumably he is punching out of work (again as he punched in earlier) and ran into Marissa (again as he had run into her before).
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Nona The Britand again runs into Marissa
Think of this as Ryan punches the clock again (and again runs into Marissa). I don't think they mean that he punches the clock several times as in 'again and again'.
Presumably he is punching out of work (again as he punched in earlier) and ran into Marissa (again as he had run into her before).
Yes,
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