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Charoen Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
Questions about some idioms
Please tell me the meaning of the idioms (in bold letters) in the following passage.
"My son asked me if Father Christmas really existed. So me and my wife told him, 'Well, you are a big boy now, so he doesn't, it's just something parents made up.' Immediately the tears began to flow. And that was just me. Of course, we explained that our intentions in joining this worldwide conspiracy were honourable, but to not much avail. Then straight on the back of this, he put two and two together and looked me straight in the eyes and asked some more questions. ....."
"My son asked me if Father Christmas really existed. So me and my wife told him, 'Well, you are a big boy now, so he doesn't, it's just something parents made up.' Immediately the tears began to flow. And that was just me. Of course, we explained that our intentions in joining this worldwide conspiracy were honourable, but to not much avail. Then straight on the back of this, he put two and two together and looked me straight in the eyes and asked some more questions. ....."
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that was just me: the son acts just like his father would straight back on this: immediately after this put two and two together: make a logical deduction/discovery
- that was just me: the son acts just like his father would straight back on this: immediately after this put two and two together: make a logical deduction/discovery
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that was just me: the son acts just like his father would
straight back on this: immediately after this
put two and two together: make a logical deduction/discovery
straight back on this: immediately after this
put two and two together: make a logical deduction/discovery
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With all due respect, I disagree with Marius. When the author writes "that was just me" he means that he, the father, begins to cry. The author is being ironic (is this text by any chance from Dave Barry?). When you read "the tears began to flow" you are at first supposed to think the little boy is crying. Then the author writes, "that was me" to tell you that he, the father, is crying, perha
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just to clarify, my reading was:
that was just me: the son acts just like his father would, the son begins crying
but the context is confuse, I read it the other way round too, the way Jrdavis saw it.
that was just me: the son acts just like his father would, the son begins crying
but the context is confuse, I read it the other way round too, the way Jrdavis saw it.
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My son asked me if Father Christmas really existed. So me and my wife told him, 'Well, you are a big boy now, so he doesn't, it's just something parents made up.' Immediately the tears began to flow. And that was just me.
I agree with Jrdavis. The father was the one who started crying. He told the story in a humorous, somewhat self-mocking way.
I agree with Jrdavis. The father was the one who started crying. He told the story in a humorous, somewhat self-mocking way.
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According to the later part of the story, it's the son who was crying. The writer said, "Anyway, he (his son) is tearful most of the night..." So I think this pharse may not mean as it seems to. Can the word 'just' in this context mean 'suit' as in the sentence "That dress is just you." (= suits you very well).
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But at the time that the father said "And that was just me," there was no mention that the son was crying. So I still think that the father was talking about himself.
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What an interesting question!
I believe the son is doing the crying. The sentence that comes immediately after the one in question says, Of course, we explained that our intentions in joining this worldwide conspiracy were honourable, but to not much avail. Now, this only makes sense if the son is crying. The father tries to explain his reasons to the son,
I believe the son is doing the crying. The sentence that comes immediately after the one in question says, Of course, we explained that our intentions in joining this worldwide conspiracy were honourable, but to not much avail. Now, this only makes sense if the son is crying. The father tries to explain his reasons to the son,
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