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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

The bar's been a little low for you...

Lois: I stopped cleaning up after you (Cleaning up your mess?) a long time ago.
Tess: You could have fooled me. You can't fool me?

I expect from my reporters a
little better reconnaissance, (to be more investigative?) but then again, the bar's
always been a little bit lower for you, A tall order? hasn't it?
  

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Cleaning up - yes, cleaning up his mess. Could mean correcting his errors, apologizing for his mistakes/to those he has offended, or anything similar. "could have fooled me" - your actions led me to think the opposite.

  • Cleaning up - yes, cleaning up his mess.
  • Could mean correcting his errors, apologizing for his mistakes/to those he has offended, or anything similar.
  • "could have fooled me" - your actions led me to think the opposite.
  • Mary: ***, I hate the Christmas season.
  • I'll be so glad when this is over.
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Cleaning up - yes, cleaning up his mess. Could mean correcting his errors, apologizing for his mistakes/to those he has offended, or anything similar.

"could have fooled me" - your actions led me to think the opposite.

Mary: ***, I hate the Christmas season. I'll be so glad when this is over.
John: You do? You could have fooled me. Why did you bake six dozen cookies and i
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Thank, D! Providing thorough explanation as always! [y]

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