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Vocabulary
showing the man down
0 A: I've been just told that my part-time job is going to end next month. 02 br
00 B: it's probably for the best. Your skills are showing the man down. And the job was exactly what u call interesting 02 br
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00 What does "showing the man down" mean? 02 br
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00 B: it's probably for the best. Your skills are showing the man down. And the job was exactly what u call interesting 02 br
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00 What does "showing the man down" mean? 02 br
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00 thank u in ad:) 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 Could it have been showing the man up? To show someone up is to embarrass them. There is no saying 'show someone down'.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Could it have been showing the man up?
- To show someone up is to embarrass them.
- There is no saying 'show someone down'.
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0 Are you sure that is the exact transcription of what was said? 02 br
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00 Could it have been showing the man up? To show someone up is to embarrass them. There is no saying 'show someone down'. Alternatively, could it have been 'slowing the man down' - to cause someone to do something more slowly. 02 br
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00 I think the last sentence is likely to have bee
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00 Could it have been showing the man up? To show someone up is to embarrass them. There is no saying 'show someone down'. Alternatively, could it have been 'slowing the man down' - to cause someone to do something more slowly. 02 br
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00 I think the last sentence is likely to have bee
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0 Thank u, nona the brit! 02 br
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00 I was trying to get each word from a TOEFL listening test. I listened the recording again, and think it sounds like: 02 br
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00 A: I've been just told that my part-time job is going to end next month. 02 br
00 B: it's probably for the best. Your skills are showing the man now. And that job wasn't exactly what h
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00 I was trying to get each word from a TOEFL listening test. I listened the recording again, and think it sounds like: 02 br
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00 A: I've been just told that my part-time job is going to end next month. 02 br
00 B: it's probably for the best. Your skills are showing the man now. And that job wasn't exactly what h
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