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Iannis Posted 19 years ago
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"far downtown" and "only"

0 'I was on the Hoboken ferry and then ashore, far downtown with the daily panic rush of commuters ...(...) I said. "Officer, I'm lost." He grinned happily. "Think nothing of it, Mac," he said. "I got lost in Brooklyn only Saturday".02br
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0 If he had said: "I 01b 00get 02b 00lost in Brooklyn only 01b 00on02b 00 Saturday01b 00s02b 00"02br 02br 00 I'd've thought he means he's 01b 00not on his job as a policeman02b 00 on Saturday, and then the's lost as any regular guy would be in the traffic there. 02br 02br 00 ------02br 02br 00 But as he says: 02br 02br 00 "I 01b 00got 02b 00lost in Brooklyn only Saturday"02br 02br 00 It means he got himself lost in Brooklin 01b 00just this past Saturday02b 00. 0-

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  • 0 If he had said: "I 01b 00get 02b 00lost in Brooklyn only 01b 00on02b 00 Saturday01b 00s02b 00"02br 02br 00 I'd've thought he means he's 01b 00not on his job as a policeman02b 00 on Saturday, and then the's lost as any regular guy would be in the traffic there.
  • 02br 02br 00 ------02br 02br 00 But as he says: 02br 02br 00 "I 01b 00got 02b 00lost in Brooklyn only Saturday"02br 02br 00 It means he got himself lost in Brooklin 01b 00just this past Saturday02b 00.
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0 If he had said: "I 01b00get 02b00lost in Brooklyn only 01b00on02b00 Saturday01b00s02b00"02br
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0 In this context, "far downtown" means the southernmost part of Manhattan Island.0-
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