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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

How'st hat pot coming?

"Violet Baudelaire: Sunny, how's that pot coming?
Sunny: Voila!how's
Klaus Baudelaire: Uh, Sunny, that's not a pot. That's a spitoon.
Violet Baudelaire: A spitoon? You mean like . . . ?
Klaus Baudelaire: [nods in disgust]
Violet Baudelaire: We'll wash it twice.
(Emily Browning, Kara Hoffman, and Liam Aiken in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, 2004)" (From grammar.about.com website).

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Anonymous What is the exact meaning of the question how's that pot coming? How is the cooking in that pot progressing?

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AnonymousWhat is the exact meaning of the question how's that pot coming?
How is the cooking in that pot progressing?
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Mister MicawberHow is the cooking in that pot progressing?
Thanks.

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