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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Hard to understand the casual talk
1) Does "tuned to pick up my frequency" mean "was able to keep my pace"?
2) Does "soda" mean "a sweet drink"?
3) Does "I had the engineers in today" mean "I've brought some engineers home today to be with us"?
4) Does "flat soda" mean "the soda drink can has no pressure"?
Context:
Kids in bathrooms, how hard is it to replace the roll. I was always hounding my teenager to replace the roll when it was empty, he apparently was not tuned to pick up my frequency. On one particular day, after finding 2 bathrooms without toilet paper, and also finding 8 cans of soda opened but not empty, when son arrived, asked what were we having for dinner, I told him and then I said "oh, by the way, I had the engineers in today", now I have his attention, he said what did they do?, so I told him I had to have fresh rolls of toilet paper replaced in two bathrooms and search for and dispose of the 8 semi-full cans of flat soda scattered around the house.
It worked for awhile.
2) Does "soda" mean "a sweet drink"?
3) Does "I had the engineers in today" mean "I've brought some engineers home today to be with us"?
4) Does "flat soda" mean "the soda drink can has no pressure"?
Context:
Kids in bathrooms, how hard is it to replace the roll. I was always hounding my teenager to replace the roll when it was empty, he apparently was not tuned to pick up my frequency. On one particular day, after finding 2 bathrooms without toilet paper, and also finding 8 cans of soda opened but not empty, when son arrived, asked what were we having for dinner, I told him and then I said "oh, by the way, I had the engineers in today", now I have his attention, he said what did they do?, so I told him I had to have fresh rolls of toilet paper replaced in two bathrooms and search for and dispose of the 8 semi-full cans of flat soda scattered around the house.
It worked for awhile.
Top answer
1) This sounds like a humorous way to say he was not listening to me . 2) Soda means any sweet, carbonated drink, such as Coca-Cola. 3) Usually would mean that the engineers were at your place of work, rather than home.
- 1) This sounds like a humorous way to say he was not listening to me .
- 2) Soda means any sweet, carbonated drink, such as Coca-Cola.
- 3) Usually would mean that the engineers were at your place of work, rather than home.
- 4) Yes, it has lost its fizz.
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1) This sounds like a humorous way to say he was not listening to me.
2) Soda means any sweet, carbonated drink, such as Coca-Cola.
3) Usually would mean that the engineers were at your place of work, rather than home.
4) Yes, it has lost its fizz.
2) Soda means any sweet, carbonated drink, such as Coca-Cola.
3) Usually would mean that the engineers were at your place of work, rather than home.
4) Yes, it has lost its fizz.
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