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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Money's worth...

0A professor talks to a student at college and in the end he says: "I'm glad you're getting your money's worth on education here."02br
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0It's hard to tell without more context. Does the student have to repeat a class? 02br 02br 00When you get your money's worth, it means you are getting a lot of use for whatever you paid for something.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0It's hard to tell without more context.
  • Does the student have to repeat a class?
  • 02br 02br 00When you get your money's worth, it means you are getting a lot of use for whatever you paid for something.
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0It's hard to tell without more context. Does the student have to repeat a class? Does he use up a lot of the professor's time?02br
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00When you get your money's worth, it means you are getting a lot of use for whatever you paid for something. (I figure when it takes me 100 strokes to get around 9 holes of golf while my companion does it in only 50, I've gotten a much bett
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0You have to ask what the professor does differently than the other professors where the student's do 01b00not02b00 get their money's worth. Or perhaps its the 01b00students02b00 who do something differently. Perhaps they are very "pro-active" and make the professor work extra hard answering difficult questions. Maybe they make him work overtime.
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0 Well the student mistaked the word misanthrope by saying disanthrope.0-
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01cite10Madhulk12cite10 Well the student mistaked the word misanthrope by saying disanthrope.12blockquote
10That was probably meant as a joke. Is this supposed to be a humorous piece?0-
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0It was sarcastic. Was it Ghost Whisperer? I just heard it recently myself. 02br
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00The student is sort-of learning - he now knows that there is a word "misanthrope" but he doesn't really have the word down.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10It was sarcastic. Was it Ghost Whisperer? I just heard it recently myself. 12br
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10The student is sort-of learning - he now knows that there is a word "misanthrope" but he doesn't really have the word down.12br
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10Yep, same one.02br
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01cite10Madhulk12cite10 Well the student 11b10mistaked12b10 the word misanthrope by saying disanthrope.12br
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10It should be 01b01i00mistook.02i02b0-
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0She's not keeping score = she not making a record of the number of good things or bad things that either had done to make sure they are even.02br
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00That one was a bit sad, I thought, until the very end. I hope the professor takes good care of the gerbil!0-
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0 OK and what's this "guy thing" Melinda mentions all the time.02br
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00Jim: ...Just happily oblivious untill the end. (When they're talking about how'd they prefer to die)02br
00Melinda: Happily oblivious - another 01b00guy thing02b00.02br
00Jim: Don't 01u00knock it02u00. (Does he mean "Don't
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0A "guy thing" is something that is typical for guys (males) to do.02br
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00Don't knock it - don't dismiss it as being unworthy.0-
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