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B.J Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Supposed to

I don't understand Underline sentence. Please give me another expression or phrases.

Jue: They didn't deliver the flowers we ordered.

Sue: Supposed to. Give them a call.

Sally: This screw doesn't fit into hole number seven in the way the instructions say it should.

Bill: Supposed to. Something is wrong.

Thanks a lot.
  

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J! I think the underlined phrase stands for, in the first sentence''They were supposed to deliver the flowers. ''.

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  • J!
  • I think the underlined phrase stands for, in the first sentence''They were supposed to deliver the flowers.
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  • I think it is shortened in speech, as a colloquial expression.
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Hi B.J!

I think the underlined phrase stands for, in the first sentence''They were supposed to deliver the flowers. or They should have delivered the flowers, in the second: "This ***** should fit into the hole...''.
I think it is shortened in speech, as a colloquial expression.
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