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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
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Please help me with US slang...

0Hi my EF friends,02br
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00This time I got completely stuck...05000..Situation: Guy was supposed to meet his girlfriend in the park. He was waiting there for two hours and she didn't show up. He was really upstet because of this. He started to hate her. He has written into his blog about it. Next day he met her in school and tried to understand, why she didn't arrive:02br
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00So this is the new you, huh?02br
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00guy:02br
01b01u01font00You've hit an all-time low, Kelly. (????)02font02u02b02br
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00Kelly:02br
00Yeah? I know what you think about me. I read your stupid blog.02br
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00Please what did that guy tell her???? 02br
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00Many thanks in advance02br
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00with regards02br
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02br 02br 00However, it can also refer to behavior. If you do something and someone says "that's low" it means it was a sneaky, mean, underhanded thing to do. 02br 02br 00An all-time low could refer to morale, behavior, a stock-price, the worst insult ever..

  • 02br 02br 00However, it can also refer to behavior.
  • If you do something and someone says "that's low" it means it was a sneaky, mean, underhanded thing to do.
  • 02br 02br 00An all-time low could refer to morale, behavior, a stock-price, the worst insult ever..
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0An "all-time low" is as low as you've ever gotten.02br
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00If you are depressed, you can hit an all-time low and never have been more depressed than you are at that moment.02br
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00However, it can also refer to behavior. If you do something and someone says "that's low" it means it was a sneaky, mean, underhanded thing to do. So if you've hit an all
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0Many thanks GG for clear and very nice explanation! 02br
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01i00.....your behavior has never been worse....02i02br
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