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Violet conan 123 Posted 7 years ago
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Please help me explain the quote in the fault in our stars: " The contraption is necessary because my lungs at being lungs

I read the sentence in the book the fault in our stars I don't understand it I also searched in the internet but not help can you explain it and give me an example. thank you !

  

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" "To suck at something " is vulgar slang for being unable to do it well.

  • " "To suck at something " is vulgar slang for being unable to do it well.
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The actual wording is "The contraption was necessary because my lungs sucked at being lungs." "To suck at something" is vulgar slang for being unable to do it well.

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Violet conan 123The contraption is necessary because my lungs at being lungs

This does not make any sense. It is apparent from Google search that the correct quote is:

The contraption was necessary because my lungs sucked at being lungs.

To "suck at something" (slang) means to do something very badly, to perform very poorly at a task. In

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