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Vocabulary
Mean creek (a question for the american english)
0 I hope you've heard this collocation before or you have watched the movie named like that. 02 br
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00 I have some difficulties with understanding the movie title. 02 br
00 My thoughts: 02 br
00 1) Creek is a "small river" (american english) 02 br
00 2) Mean can be "the middle of", "lowest water-level", "normal water-level", "average water-level" or "'not' yield river" (american english). 02 br
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00 On one russian website about movies the title is stranslated as "Abandoned bay(bight)" but in the movie there was no any bay. 02 br
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00 What do you think? 0-
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00 I have some difficulties with understanding the movie title. 02 br
00 My thoughts: 02 br
00 1) Creek is a "small river" (american english) 02 br
00 2) Mean can be "the middle of", "lowest water-level", "normal water-level", "average water-level" or "'not' yield river" (american english). 02 br
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00 On one russian website about movies the title is stranslated as "Abandoned bay(bight)" but in the movie there was no any bay. 02 br
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00 What do you think? 0-
Top answer
0 Creek you have correctly but "Mean" here is used in the sense of unkind/malicious/vicious 0-
- 0 Creek you have correctly but "Mean" here is used in the sense of unkind/malicious/vicious 0-
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0 Creek you have correctly but "Mean" here is used in the sense of unkind/malicious/vicious 0-
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0 Yes, probably you are right. I've just heard it from a film review ( 01 a 05 0 00 02 a 00 ) too. 0240href http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3861119
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