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Stevenukd Posted 20 years ago
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DearTeachers,

1. Mary and Peter quarrel very often. They each have a foot out the door.

- What does " they each have a foot out the door" mean here?

2. I believe that it would be easier to start over with someone else.

- "over" here is used to emphasizem,right?

3. Once we were in a comitted relationship, he started to pull on me for time and attention.

- What does "pull on me" mean here?

4. He becomes logical and tries to talk you out of your feelings or your experience.

- What does "talk you out of your feelings" mean here?

5. Should I give up me to not lose you?

- "give up me" here means "give up my everything", right?

Thanks very much to Teachers,

Stevenukd.
  

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Stevenukd DearTeachers, 1. Mary and Peter quarrel very often. They each have a foot out the door.

— Philip

  • Stevenukd DearTeachers, 1.
  • Mary and Peter quarrel very often.
  • They each have a foot out the door.
  • - What does " they each have a foot out the door" mean here?
  • Normally, it means one is "ready to go".
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StevenukdDearTeachers,

1. Mary and Peter quarrel very often. They each have a foot out the door.

- What does " they each have a foot out the door" mean here?Normally, it means one is "ready to go". Here, it makes no sense to me.

2. I believe that it would be easier to start over with someone else.

- "over"
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Philip
3. Once we were in a comitted relationship, he started to pull on me for time and attention.
- What does "pull on me" mean here?I've never heard this, but it seems clear that in means that he demanded more time and attention from you than you had expected (wanted?)

<>Yes, this is a quite unfrequent usage. We find m
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I think, regarding #1, that it means that either one of them is ready to walk away from (leave) the relationship at a moment's notice. They are "ready to go" as Philip says, but in an emotional sense. Ready to leave each other.
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