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CharmYou Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
I'll beat you!!!
When I was trying to pay for a meal for my foreign teacher, she went before me and said:"Noop, I'll beat you!"
Did this mean that she was mad and she really wanted to hit me? Or, is it just a sentence that is said when you are trying to pay for the other people. So, the next time if I insist to pay for my teacher, can I say "I'll beat you"?
Did this mean that she was mad and she really wanted to hit me? Or, is it just a sentence that is said when you are trying to pay for the other people. So, the next time if I insist to pay for my teacher, can I say "I'll beat you"?
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) is informal, meaning I will get to someplace (in this case, the cashier) ahead of you. I'll beat you to the house! ) It has nothing to do with hitting someone.
- ) is informal, meaning I will get to someplace (in this case, the cashier) ahead of you.
- I'll beat you to the house!
- ) It has nothing to do with hitting someone.
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" I'll beat you" (Short for: I'll beat you to it.) is informal, meaning I will get to someplace (in this case, the cashier) ahead of you.
I'll beat you to the house! (Means I can run faster and will arrive at the house first.)
It has nothing to do with hitting someone.
I'll beat you to the house! (Means I can run faster and will arrive at the house first.)
It has nothing to do with hitting someone.
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No.
Instead say, "You paid last time. This time it's on me."
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"Let me treat you this time."
Instead say, "You paid last time. This time it's on me."
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"Let me treat you this time."
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CharmYouThanks a million. Plus a billion and a trillion.
The next level is quadrillion, foll00
AlpheccaStarsThe next level is quadrillion, followed by quintillion!I think hyperbole is part of charm.
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