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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
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Than both of us...
Kara: She's just a human.
Clark: A human who's smarter
than both of us combined. Even if they join brains against her?
Chloe: Look, l'm sorry, Clark, but this new editor
is breathing down my neck. This down is bothering me.
Is it still the same as breath in someone's neck?
He wants some splashy story. Scoop?
All l could come up with is the sudden loss of AM-FM radio
in Granville.
Clark: A human who's smarter
than both of us combined. Even if they join brains against her?
Chloe: Look, l'm sorry, Clark, but this new editor
is breathing down my neck. This down is bothering me.
Is it still the same as breath in someone's neck?
He wants some splashy story. Scoop?
All l could come up with is the sudden loss of AM-FM radio
in Granville.
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"combined" - Yes. The sum of their brain's ability is still no match for her. "breathing down my neck" - putting pressure on me.
- "combined" - Yes.
- The sum of their brain's ability is still no match for her.
- "breathing down my neck" - putting pressure on me.
- Think of a pursuer who is so close that he is literally breathing down your neck, or a boss hovering over the desk waiting for you to finish a job, so close that he breathes down your neck.
- "Splashy story" - not necessarily a scoop, but something that will attract a great deal of attention.
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"combined" - Yes. The sum of their brain's ability is still no match for her.
"breathing down my neck" - putting pressure on me. Think of a pursuer who is so close that he is literally breathing down your neck, or a boss hovering over the desk waiting for you to finish a job, so close that he breathes down your neck.
"Splashy story" - not necessarily a scoop, but something that wil
"breathing down my neck" - putting pressure on me. Think of a pursuer who is so close that he is literally breathing down your neck, or a boss hovering over the desk waiting for you to finish a job, so close that he breathes down your neck.
"Splashy story" - not necessarily a scoop, but something that wil
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breathing down my neck = keeping very close tabs on what I do, uncomfortably so
scoop = usually a unique story .. the only one to be reporting it.
splashy = showy, fancy
both of us combined = hyperbolic way of saying she's extemely intelligent
scoop = usually a unique story .. the only one to be reporting it.
splashy = showy, fancy
both of us combined = hyperbolic way of saying she's extemely intelligent
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