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Dela Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Speak of the devil, stick sb as ..
She whispered, “I heard you and Garrett making fun of my uncle in the library, and I don't want to speak to you! You understand me? Not now, not ever!”
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I tried to tell her it wasn't me, that it was Garrett, all Garrett. But she shut me down and made tracks for the front room to be with her dad.
So I'm standing there, wishing I'd punched Garrett out in the library so Juli wouldn't stick me in the same class as someone who makes retard jokes, when my dad shows up and claps me on the shoulder. “So. How's the party, son?”
Speak of the devil. I wanted to whack his hand off my shoulder.
I can't understand the underlined part exactly: stick me in the same class as someone .
speak of the devil: mention someone's name who just then appears. but this definition seems not fit here.
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I tried to tell her it wasn't me, that it was Garrett, all Garrett. But she shut me down and made tracks for the front room to be with her dad.
So I'm standing there, wishing I'd punched Garrett out in the library so Juli wouldn't stick me in the same class as someone who makes retard jokes, when my dad shows up and claps me on the shoulder. “So. How's the party, son?”
Speak of the devil. I wanted to whack his hand off my shoulder.
I can't understand the underlined part exactly: stick me in the same class as someone .
speak of the devil: mention someone's name who just then appears. but this definition seems not fit here.
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I think that the underined section means: so Juli wouldn't put me ( or place me) in the same class as someone that makes unamusing (or derogatory) jokes. Without more context I would say that "speak of the devel" as it's used here might mean: When the speaker's father shows up at the party and as ks " So. ”.
- I think that the underined section means: so Juli wouldn't put me ( or place me) in the same class as someone that makes unamusing (or derogatory) jokes.
- Without more context I would say that "speak of the devel" as it's used here might mean: When the speaker's father shows up at the party and as ks " So.
- ”.
- The son thinks " here's another person that tells unamusing" jokes.
- However, I am not certain of this because I would need to read more of the book to understand.
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I think that the underined section means: so Juli wouldn't put me (or place me) in the same class as someone that makes unamusing (or derogatory) jokes.
Without more context I would say that "speak of the devel" as it's used here might mean:
When the speaker's father shows
Without more context I would say that "speak of the devel" as it's used here might mean:
When the speaker's father shows
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