Prevention is better than cure. I'll say.
A: Germs, oh, what're germs?
B: The things that cause infection.
A: Infection is caused by germs? Oh, are germs poisonous?
B: Very.
A: I don't see any poisonous germs.
B: Oh, much too small to be seen, but they're everywhere.
A: Oh, they are? Well you, you can't be too careful. Prevention
is better than cure. I'll say.
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What does "I'll say" mean in this dialogue?
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rezaenglish What does "I'll say" mean in this dialogue? It is not natural there. "I'll say" means "I heartily agree", and you can't agree with yourself.
- rezaenglish What does "I'll say" mean in this dialogue?
- It is not natural there.
- "I'll say" means "I heartily agree", and you can't agree with yourself.
- ), which means that these are words you live by.
- By the way, there is a proverb, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure", and it sounds like these people never heard it, which is also not natural.
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rezaenglishWhat does "I'll say" mean in this dialogue?
It is not natural there. "I'll say" means "I heartily agree", and you can't agree with yourself. I think the writer must have meant "I say" or "I always say", with a comma (Prevention is better than cure, I always say.), which means that these are words you live by. By the way, there is a proverb, "An o
0"I'll say!" is normally used to emphatically agree with what someone just said. It would make more sense in your dialogue if it was said by B rather than A. If said by A, it could be understood to emphasise the previous statement, but the punctuation is wrong (would have to be a comma). This and certain other aspects of this dialogue make me doubtful whether it was written by a competent (or c
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