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Tmnt53 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

run in

quotation from Godfather:
Why didn't you say you work for Corleone? I thought you were a cheap hustler Johnny was running in.
Please explain to me the meaning of "run in" in the context above. And commonly when do you use run in?
  

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tmnt53 Please explain to me the meaning of "run in" in the context above Was running in = was using as a substitute. tmnt53 And commonly when do you use run in? In old gangster movies.

— Mister Micawber

  • tmnt53 Please explain to me the meaning of "run in" in the context above Was running in = was using as a substitute.
  • tmnt53 And commonly when do you use run in?
  • In old gangster movies.
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tmnt53Please explain to me the meaning of "run in" in the context above
Was running in = was using as a substitute.
tmnt53 And commonly when do you use run in?
In old gangster movies.
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I think it's unreasonable for that person to be a substitute for Johnny. "you" here is Johnny's lawyer, who came to ask the director for an acting role.
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another question relating to godfather
- Sonny will come after you.
- that will be his first reaction, right?
What does the first sentence mean? I don't understand the phrase "come after".
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He's not Johnny's lawyer. He is the legal advisor of the Corleone family. He isn't there to seek an acting role himself - he is there on behalf of Johnny.

"Sonny will come after you with everything he's got" is Tom telling Sollozzo that Sonny is after blood, because Sollozzo tried to murder Vito.
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come after sb = go after sb = be after sb's blood?
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'sb', but yes, that is the whole idea. Sonny wants Sollozzo dead.
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Sb means somebody.
You seems to know godfather very well. I'm watching it with the English subtitle.
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