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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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please explain me the meaning of these sentences

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00Please explain me the meaning of these sentences.02br
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001: 01b00He took me 01i00for02i00 all i had.02b02br
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00In the above sentence 01i00took02i00 has meaning of 01i00to obtain money from esp. fraudulently02i00. According to me correct sentence should be 01b01i00He took me 01i00from02i00 all i had02i02b00. Does 01i00for02i00 has meaning of 01i00from02i00 in sentence 1.02br
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002: 01b00After twelve years of school some kids feel they're 01i00entitled02i00 to ph*ck off.02b02br
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00What does 01i00entitled 02i00mean in the above sentence?02br
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00Sincerely,02br
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00vijay0-
  

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01. 02br 02br 00He took me for all I had - this is an idiomatic phrase. 02br 02br 002.

— Nona the brit

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  • 02br 02br 00He took me for all I had - this is an idiomatic phrase.
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01. No, for doesn't mean the same as from.02br
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00He took me for all I had - this is an idiomatic phrase. It means that he 'conned' me out of all of my money.02br
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00He took me away from all I had - this would mean that he removed me from my environment.02br
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10Hi,12br
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10Please explain me the meaning of these sentences.12br
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101: 11b10He took me 11i10for12i10 all i had.12b12br
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10In the above sentence 11i10took12i10 has
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01. The idiom is "he took me." It means, as Nona says, that he conned me. "for all I had" = everything I owned. He conned me out of all my money.02br
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002. Entitled means they feel they are justified in doing this, as Nona said.02br
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003. I've never heard "ramp" used this way.0-
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0 3. I've never heard ramp used as a verb, although it does appear in dictionaries. I don't think this is a word you need to learn - very few people would understand what you meant. The forelegs part applies to 4-legged animals. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite103. I've never heard ramp used as a verb, although it does appear in dictionaries. I don't think this is a word you need to learn - very few people would understand what you meant. 12br
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10 The forelegs part applies to 4-legged animals.12blockquote
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0 If you google "rampant lion" you will find images that make the meaning clear.0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite101. No, for doesn't mean the same as from.12br
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10He took me for all I had - this is an idiomatic phrase. It means that he 'conned' me out of all of my money.12br
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11b11font10He took me 11u10away12u10 from a
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0Hi Nona,02br
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00May I know the reason for this?0-
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0 Do you think the words 'from' and 'for' have the same meaning? 0-
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