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Pructus Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
pick up
Inasmuch as I would have preferred working in again, I welcomed the change of scenery and when I finally did return, I pretty much thought that I would be picking up where I had left off last year.
After all, once an old Korean hand, always an old Korean hand, right? What I hadn’t counted on (not to mention given much thought to) was that _ for all practical purposes _ I was starting all over again.
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The underlined part, 'pick up', what does it mean?
And 'Korean hand'... .... I assume it means 'Korean friends or Korean advocates.
After all, once an old Korean hand, always an old Korean hand, right? What I hadn’t counted on (not to mention given much thought to) was that _ for all practical purposes _ I was starting all over again.
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The underlined part, 'pick up', what does it mean?
And 'Korean hand'... .... I assume it means 'Korean friends or Korean advocates.
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Pructus Inasmuch as I would have preferred working in again, I welcomed the change of scenery and when I finally did return, I pretty much thought that I would be picking up where I had left off last year. After all, once an old Korean hand , always an old Korean hand, right? What I hadn’t counted on (not to mention given much thought to) was that _ for all practical purposes _ I was starting all over again.
- Pructus Inasmuch as I would have preferred working in again, I welcomed the change of scenery and when I finally did return, I pretty much thought that I would be picking up where I had left off last year.
- After all, once an old Korean hand , always an old Korean hand, right?
- What I hadn’t counted on (not to mention given much thought to) was that _ for all practical purposes _ I was starting all over again.
- ********************************* The underlined part, 'pick up', what does it mean?
- And 'Korean hand'...
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PructusInasmuch as I would have preferred working in again, I welcomed the change of scenery and when I finally did return, I pretty much thought that I would be picking up where I had left off last year.
After all, once an old Korean hand, always an old Korean hand, right? What I hadn’t counted on (not to mention given much thought to) was th
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Also: "an old hand" can mean someone with a lot of experience in something.
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