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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Look at his face...
Pete: Come on, Clark. Cough up. Who'd you get?
Chloe: Oh, don't tell me. Lana Lang. Oh, my God.
Just look at his face. You don't even have to see it.
Pete: Like I said, definitely rigged. I can assume you'll be starting your paper ASAP?
Clark: It's all gonna work out. I've been helping Lana over at the Talon, getting ready for the grand opening.
Chloe: Oh, that's nice. The surrogate boyfriend does the heavy lifting while Whitney works at his dad's store.
Clark: On that note...
Chloe: Wait. When are you gonna sit down and do my interview?
Clark: Right. Uh, I'll be around.
Chloe: Did he just blow me off?
Pete: One step forward, two steps back.
What do the underlined parts mean?
Chloe: Oh, don't tell me. Lana Lang. Oh, my God.
Just look at his face. You don't even have to see it.
Pete: Like I said, definitely rigged. I can assume you'll be starting your paper ASAP?
Clark: It's all gonna work out. I've been helping Lana over at the Talon, getting ready for the grand opening.
Chloe: Oh, that's nice. The surrogate boyfriend does the heavy lifting while Whitney works at his dad's store.
Clark: On that note...
Chloe: Wait. When are you gonna sit down and do my interview?
Clark: Right. Uh, I'll be around.
Chloe: Did he just blow me off?
Pete: One step forward, two steps back.
What do the underlined parts mean?
Top answer
see it ? ) On that note - we say this when we want to change the subject or conclude something. Usually, it is an uncomfortable remark, or it can be a very positive remark which is a good place to end an interview or meeting.
- see it ?
- ) On that note - we say this when we want to change the subject or conclude something.
- Usually, it is an uncomfortable remark, or it can be a very positive remark which is a good place to end an interview or meeting.
- One step forward, two steps back - the actual phrase is 'two steps forward, one step back'.
- We advance and retreat, but in general we move ahead.
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see it? - I'm not sure, but I assume that Clark is holding a note or paper (with Lana's name on it?)
do the heavy lifting - do the hard work (Is Whitney Lana's boyfriend?)
On that note - we say this when we want to change the subject or conclude something. Usually, it is an uncomfortable remark, or it can be a very positive remark which is a good place to end an intervie
do the heavy lifting - do the hard work (Is Whitney Lana's boyfriend?)
On that note - we say this when we want to change the subject or conclude something. Usually, it is an uncomfortable remark, or it can be a very positive remark which is a good place to end an intervie
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