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Newguest Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Have a bit of good faith/your typical
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A certain journalist wanted to talk to some lady. He told her: I'll tell you something and you'll tell me something.
She asked: Like what?
He said: I want you to tell me something about your father.
She replied: And if I do, what can you tell me.
He said: We have to have a bit of good faith there. But I can tell you that he struck me immediately as not being your typical drifter. He was too well-spoken, too cunning. And his physical abilities spoke for themselves. According to what I've learned, he beat up three men on a train, saved a man's life using battery cables and fought off three other men wielding baseball bats. Not your typical wandering soul.
1.Does it mean "we have to trust each other a little bit"? (we have to have a bit of good faith there)
2. I'm wondring why he said: "your typical drifter". Does it just mean: He struck me as not being a typical tramp?
A certain journalist wanted to talk to some lady. He told her: I'll tell you something and you'll tell me something.
She asked: Like what?
He said: I want you to tell me something about your father.
She replied: And if I do, what can you tell me.
He said: We have to have a bit of good faith there. But I can tell you that he struck me immediately as not being your typical drifter. He was too well-spoken, too cunning. And his physical abilities spoke for themselves. According to what I've learned, he beat up three men on a train, saved a man's life using battery cables and fought off three other men wielding baseball bats. Not your typical wandering soul.
1.Does it mean "we have to trust each other a little bit"? (we have to have a bit of good faith there)
2. I'm wondring why he said: "your typical drifter". Does it just mean: He struck me as not being a typical tramp?
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Does it mean "we have to trust each other a little bit"? (we have to have a bit of good faith there) Yes, that is how I read it. 2.
- Does it mean "we have to trust each other a little bit"?
- (we have to have a bit of good faith there) Yes, that is how I read it.
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- I'm wondring why he said: "your typical drifter".
- Does it just mean: He struck me as not being a typical tramp?
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1.Does it mean "we have to trust each other a little bit"? (we have to have a bit of good faith there) Yes, that is how I read it.
2. I'm wondring why he said: "your typical drifter". Does it just mean: He struck me as not being a typical tramp? Yes
P.S. In the UK, at least, a drifter is not the same as a tramp. A drifter moves from job to job whereas a tra
2. I'm wondring why he said: "your typical drifter". Does it just mean: He struck me as not being a typical tramp? Yes
P.S. In the UK, at least, a drifter is not the same as a tramp. A drifter moves from job to job whereas a tra
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Newguest Not your typical wandering soul.your typical X, your usual X, your ordinary X, and so on, are all used in casual speech to say 'your [typical / usual / ordinary / ...] idea of what an X is'. So 'Not your typical wandering soul' is 'Not what you would typically call "a wandering soul" '.
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