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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

"one gets talking"

I have this line from a book by Wells....

A: How long do you like your eggs boiled?
B: Four minutes exactly.
A: One gets talking.
B: one does.

I can guess, but can't say exactly what it means "one gets talking". Thank you for your help.
  

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Anonymous One gets talking. People begin to have a conversation and continue to converse. I don't know the full context, but that observation appears to be alluding to the idea that when having a conversation, people lose track of time, so they may forget that the eggs are boiling and miss the four-minute mark.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous One gets talking.
  • People begin to have a conversation and continue to converse.
  • I don't know the full context, but that observation appears to be alluding to the idea that when having a conversation, people lose track of time, so they may forget that the eggs are boiling and miss the four-minute mark.
  • So if I'm right, it means (in this context) that once you start talking you forget what else you're supposed to be doing, and you may end up spoiling the eggs.
  • CJ
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AnonymousOne gets talking.
People begin to have a conversation and continue to converse.

I don't know the full context, but that observation appears to be alluding to the idea that when having a conversation, people lose track of time, so they may forget that the eggs are boiling and miss the four-minute mark.

So if I'm right, it means (in th
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Thank you so~~~ much.
It was so late to say 'thank you' and so sory about that.

You're exactly right I think. Their chat in the context became longer and longer, which resulted in spoiling some of eggs.
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