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Past salvaging/kindly meant
Hi
Two women are talking. One says to the other that there's a parcel waiting for her at the post office.
She says:
I can guess what it contains. The woman I used to live with – she teaches Domestic
Science – is convinced that on my own I shall starve to death, so she often sends me parcels of what her classes
have made. She chooses the most impossible things and packs them insecurely. I thought that by Saturday it would
be past salvaging.
I understand that when Saturday comes she won't be able to collect this parcel?
‘I’ll run you in,’ Miss Benson said eagerly. ‘I can get to
Selbury now in fourteen minutes.’
Miss Mayfield gave an exaggerated shudder.
‘That was kindly meant, I know. I happen to be a very
nervous passenger. I’ll wait till Saturday.’
Does "kindly meant" mean that "you said that because you're kind"?
Something's strange here. She says that by Saturday it would be past salvaging and then says that she'll wait until Saturday and then she will go to the post office???
Two women are talking. One says to the other that there's a parcel waiting for her at the post office.
She says:
I can guess what it contains. The woman I used to live with – she teaches Domestic
Science – is convinced that on my own I shall starve to death, so she often sends me parcels of what her classes
have made. She chooses the most impossible things and packs them insecurely. I thought that by Saturday it would
be past salvaging.
I understand that when Saturday comes she won't be able to collect this parcel?
‘I’ll run you in,’ Miss Benson said eagerly. ‘I can get to
Selbury now in fourteen minutes.’
Miss Mayfield gave an exaggerated shudder.
‘That was kindly meant, I know. I happen to be a very
nervous passenger. I’ll wait till Saturday.’
Does "kindly meant" mean that "you said that because you're kind"?
Something's strange here. She says that by Saturday it would be past salvaging and then says that she'll wait until Saturday and then she will go to the post office???
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Hi Two women are talking. One says to the other that there's a parcel waiting for her at the post office. She says: I can guess what it contains.
- Hi Two women are talking.
- One says to the other that there's a parcel waiting for her at the post office.
- She says: I can guess what it contains.
- The woman I used to live with – she teaches Domestic Science – is convinced that on my own I shall starve to death, so she often sends me parcels of what her classes have made.
- She chooses the most impossible things and packs them insecurely.
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Hi
Two women are talking. One says to the other that there's a parcel waiting for her at the post office.
She says:
I can guess what it contains. The woman I used to live with – she teaches Domestic
Science – is convinced that on my own I shall starve to death, so she often sends me parcels of what her classes
have made. She chooses the most impossible
Two women are talking. One says to the other that there's a parcel waiting for her at the post office.
She says:
I can guess what it contains. The woman I used to live with – she teaches Domestic
Science – is convinced that on my own I shall starve to death, so she often sends me parcels of what her classes
have made. She chooses the most impossible
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