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Kanonathena Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

high maintenance/ plausible/ for crying out loud

what kind of a person can be called high maintaince?

what does plausible mean? how to use it?

right now I'm watching Friends and what is "for crying out loud"?

Thanks.
  

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For crying out loud Meaning For Christ's sake. For crying out loud! INFORMAL said when you are annoyed, and to emphasize what you are saying: Oh, for crying out loud, why won't you listen to me!

— Marius Hancu

  • For crying out loud Meaning For Christ's sake.
  • For crying out loud!
  • INFORMAL said when you are annoyed, and to emphasize what you are saying: Oh, for crying out loud, why won't you listen to me!
  • html suggest searching at Yahoo with: "For crying out loud" dictionary (the quotation marks are important) ------ "high-maintenance person": someone requiring continuous attention, making lots of demands, complaining and/or whining
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For crying out loud

Meaning
For Christ's sake.

For crying out loud! INFORMAL
said when you are annoyed, and to emphasize what you are saying:
Oh, for crying out loud, why won't you listen to me!
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=18739
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thank you that really helped. anyone help me with "plausible", what's its difference from possible?
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the accent in plausible when similar to possible is on credibility, not on potentiality

plausible:
2 : obtaining approbation or favor : http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/una
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sorry i still don't get it, please give a example
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