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Stevenukd Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

HOLD ON!

0Dear Teachers,02br
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001.I offered to walk her home.02br
00-“walk her home” means “walk home with her”, right?02br
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002.“Hold on!” can also mean “Hold tight!”, right?02br
003.-Have you ever worn your T-shirts wrong way round?02br
00-Have you ever got dressed back to the front?02br
00-Are these natural?02br
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004.The five years have been hard because we have battled with trying to please people. I have taken them up and down so many emotional rollercoasters.02br
00-What do “I have taken them up and down” and “emontional rollercoasters” mean here?02br
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005.Sometimes in life we must let go of the the ones we love.02br
00-Why don’t we say “let the ones we love go” instead of “let go of the ones we love”?02br
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006.She was still caught up in a jagged ends of a previous relationship.02br
00-What does “caught up in a jagged ends” mean here?02br
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00Thanks a lot to Teachers,02br
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00 Stevenukd.0-
  

Top answer

12br 12blockquote 10It can mean that, or it can also be an exclamation conveying disagreement. The five years have been hard because we have battled with trying to please people. 12br 12blockquote 10It's a metaphor.

  • 12br 12blockquote 10It can mean that, or it can also be an exclamation conveying disagreement.
  • The five years have been hard because we have battled with trying to please people.
  • 12br 12blockquote 10It's a metaphor.
  • You are likening emotional state to the violent physical "ups and downs" one experiences on a rollercoaster.
  • 12br 12blockquote 10There is no reason.
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01cite10Stevenukd12cite101.I offered to walk her home.12br
10-“walk her home” means “walk home with her”, right?12br
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10Yes, but it conveys the connotation that you are doing so in order to protect the person.01blockquote
01cite10Stevenukd12cite1

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