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Frank.q Posted 20 years ago
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We visited the corporate headquarters of Best Buy, the electronics retailer, in Richfield, Minn. Employees Stacy Verstraight, Jason Dehne and Marissa Plume say that putting in 60- to 80-hour weeks got them pats on the back.
"You know, you'd send an e-mail at nine o'clock at night. And the next day your co-workers would say, 'Hey, wow, you were up really late last night. What were you doing, you are working the whole time? Wow. Great job,'" says Marissa.
But if you weren’t there at the crack of dawn, you were put down.
"You know, if I come in at nine o'clock or 10 o'clock, I was at a doctor's appointment, you know, people are saying, 'Oh gee. Glad you could show up today.' You know, so it felt a little bit of a dig," says Stacy. "And people were just watching other people. So it felt like a lot of unnecessary pressure."
Above is the scripts of a program, I can't know the exact meaning of the word "dig" . I checked the dictionaries, including the urban slang dictionary, but there are so many explanations. So need your help. And could you tell me the other words that have the same meaming with the "put down".
Thanks a lot.
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"You know, you'd send an e-mail at nine o'clock at night. And the next day your co-workers would say, 'Hey, wow, you were up really late last night. What were you doing, you are working the whole time? Wow. Great job,'" says Marissa.
But if you weren’t there at the crack of dawn, you were put down.
"You know, if I come in at nine o'clock or 10 o'clock, I was at a doctor's appointment, you know, people are saying, 'Oh gee. Glad you could show up today.' You know, so it felt a little bit of a dig," says Stacy. "And people were just watching other people. So it felt like a lot of unnecessary pressure."
Above is the scripts of a program, I can't know the exact meaning of the word "dig" . I checked the dictionaries, including the urban slang dictionary, but there are so many explanations. So need your help. And could you tell me the other words that have the same meaming with the "put down".
Thanks a lot.
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When you have a dig at someone you are criticising them or making a negative comment about them or their behaviour. They are often sarcastic, as in this example. put down is, again, criticised, made to feel worthless.
- When you have a dig at someone you are criticising them or making a negative comment about them or their behaviour.
- They are often sarcastic, as in this example.
- put down is, again, criticised, made to feel worthless.
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When you have a dig at someone you are criticising them or making a negative comment about them or their behaviour. They are often sarcastic, as in this example.
put down is, again, criticised, made to feel worthless.
put down is, again, criticised, made to feel worthless.
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put down , reprimand, scold, tell off....are similar in meaning with that use of put down found in the context.
put down has several meanings like, belittle sy or you can say the high level of incidence of drink and drive is put down to the inexorable moral decline in today's society.
if you put down what your teacher says you write it down on a paper so as to be able to recall it
put down has several meanings like, belittle sy or you can say the high level of incidence of drink and drive is put down to the inexorable moral decline in today's society.
if you put down what your teacher says you write it down on a paper so as to be able to recall it
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Nona The BritThank you very much.
When you have a dig at someone you are criticising them or making a negative comment about them or their behaviour. They are often sarcastic, as in this example.
put down is, again, criticised, made to feel worthless.
I'm clear with your help.
Thanks again.
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Inchoateknowledgeput down , reprimand, scold, tell off....are similar in meaning with that use of put down found in the context.
put down has several meanings like, belittle sy or you can say the high level of incidence of drink and drive is put down to the inexorable moral decline in today's society.
if you put down what your teacher says you write it down on a
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