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Manohonor Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

NEED YOUR HELP ASAP

Please explain to me the following phrase:

"She here yet?"(That I quite understand)
"She was on the flight. They can't find her. Gerard is checking baggage claim"

(GERARD IS CHECKING BAGGAGE CLAIM) - Please explain what it means.

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Gerard is checking baggage claim Gerard is looking for her where the baggage is normally picked up. Perhaps she slipped by everyone unnoticed and went directly to retrieve her baggage (suitcases). For what it is worth, "unnoticed" is redundant because "she slipped by everyone", but I thought the emphasis might help.

  • Gerard is checking baggage claim Gerard is looking for her where the baggage is normally picked up.
  • Perhaps she slipped by everyone unnoticed and went directly to retrieve her baggage (suitcases).
  • For what it is worth, "unnoticed" is redundant because "she slipped by everyone", but I thought the emphasis might help.
  • Hope that helps and is in time.
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Gerard is checking baggage claim


Gerard is looking for her where the baggage is normally picked up. Perhaps she slipped by everyone unnoticed and went directly to retrieve her baggage (suitcases).

For what it is worth, "unnoticed" is redundant because "she slipped by everyone", but I thought the emphasis might help.

Hope that helps and is in
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In other words, he's checking whether she's retrieved her baggage or not?
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No. We don't know for sure that he is checking that. Here's why:

"She was on the flight. They can't find her. Gerard is checking baggage claim"

From the sentences shown above, we cannot know exactly why Gerard has gone to the area where people retrieve their baggage. We can only try to infer from the facts stated what his purpose might be.

He may be checking to se
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Thanks a lot for all this!

How about this:

THE FACE WAS BASHED IN WITH A LOOSE STONE.

What does LOOSE STONE mean?
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From what there is of context, Manohonor, 'loose stone' appears to be a large rock or stone that was lying nearby, unattached to the bedrock, so that it was easily picked up and used as a weapon.
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Thanks! Appreciate it!

The word DONE is pronounced with ^ sound, right?(like in CUT). But I just heard it pronounced like in HOME. What's this?

Thanks in advance.
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I don't know. /dun/ is standard. A regional accent, perhaps? Native speaker?
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It's Ethan Hawke from TAKING LIVES(DVD). That's it.
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Sorry, Manohonor, never heard of him; only Ethan Allen. It's bedtime in Japan. Thanks and good night.
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Film actor.

http://www.fan-sites.org/ethan-hawke/

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