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Femmy Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
take his mutton
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00 I'm new here. I hope I can learn much from this forum. I'm currently reading the novel 01 i 00 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 02 i 00 (has anyone here read this?), and I find many phrases and idioms and sentence structures that I'm not familiar with. I hope it's okay if I post here whenever I come across one of these. 02 br
00 The first one I want to ask here is the phrase "take his mutton". Is this an idiom or is it intended as a literal phrase? Here are some sample sentences: 01 ul
00 I'm new here. I hope I can learn much from this forum. I'm currently reading the novel 01 i 00 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 02 i 00 (has anyone here read this?), and I find many phrases and idioms and sentence structures that I'm not familiar with. I hope it's okay if I post here whenever I come across one of these. 02 br
00 The first one I want to ask here is the phrase "take his mutton". Is this an idiom or is it intended as a literal phrase? Here are some sample sentences: 01 ul
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- 00 "Oh, yes!" said Mr Drawlight. "The Glasshouse-street boiling-cellar is where Davey and Lucas occasionally take their mutton, as I dare say you know." 02 li 01 li
- 00 On days when Mr Norrell did not dine abroad Mr Drawlight took his mutton at Mr Norrell's house in Hanover-square. 02 li 02 ul
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02 br 02 br 00 I can't find it as an idiom so I'm guessing it's literal. What is the vintage of your novel? It sounds very British.
- 02 br 02 br 00 I can't find it as an idiom so I'm guessing it's literal.
- What is the vintage of your novel?
- It sounds very British.
- Not all Americans are fond of mutton.
- But on the other hand, I've never heard, "That's where Mr.
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0 Hi femmy, welcom to the forums! 02 br
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00 I can't find it as an idiom so I'm guessing it's literal. What is the vintage of your novel? It sounds very British. Not all Americans are fond of mutton. But on the other hand, I've never heard, "That's where Mr. Jones takes his pork," or "Mary takes her beef at McDonalds." Where's the beef? 02 br
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00 I can't find it as an idiom so I'm guessing it's literal. What is the vintage of your novel? It sounds very British. Not all Americans are fond of mutton. But on the other hand, I've never heard, "That's where Mr. Jones takes his pork," or "Mary takes her beef at McDonalds." Where's the beef? 02 br
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0 Thanks for your response, Avangi! 02 br
00 Yes, it's British. The novel is set in 19th century London and the author uses language from that era (it reads like a Jane Austen novel). The usage makes it seem like an idiom, but I couldn't find it in the dictionary either. 0-
00 Yes, it's British. The novel is set in 19th century London and the author uses language from that era (it reads like a Jane Austen novel). The usage makes it seem like an idiom, but I couldn't find it in the dictionary either. 0-
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