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What do 'right little ray of sunshine' and 'should get together sometime' mean respectively?
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What do 'right little ray of sunshine' and 'should get together sometime' mean respectively?
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e. to mean the opposite, since Hermione has said something a bit pessimistic). "get together" means spend time together, or perhaps work together towards a shared goal, but Ron is not literally proposing this so much as suggesting that Hermione and Professor Trelawney share similar traits.
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- to mean the opposite, since Hermione has said something a bit pessimistic).
- "get together" means spend time together, or perhaps work together towards a shared goal, but Ron is not literally proposing this so much as suggesting that Hermione and Professor Trelawney share similar traits.
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A "little ray of sunshine" is a person who is bright, cheerful and optimistic, but often, as in this case, it is used ironically (i.e. to mean the opposite, since Hermione has said something a bit pessimistic).
"get together" means spend time together, or perhaps work together towards a shared goal, but Ron is not literally proposing this so much as suggesting that Hermione and Professor
"get together" means spend time together, or perhaps work together towards a shared goal, but Ron is not literally proposing this so much as suggesting that Hermione and Professor
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"right" is a colloquial intensifier.
"should" is for making a suggestion or proposal about what another person ought to do.
"should" is for making a suggestion or proposal about what another person ought to do.
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