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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

This one lab...

Kara: l'm trying to find
who entered this one lab. Why not particular?
Someone who could've stolen something from it.
Have you ever heard of LX Dynamics?

Jimmy: Yeah, they're a LuthorCorp
defense contractor. l worked an assignment (Shouldn't there be an 'on' here?
He was sent there to do sth?)down
at one of their plants.
  

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" We were watching the puppies play, trying to decide which one to adopt, and suddenly this one puppy comes over and starts licking Mary's hand. So naturally, that was the one she wanted to keep. I tried to tell her a wolfhound mix would be too big for the apartment.

— Delmobile

  • " We were watching the puppies play, trying to decide which one to adopt, and suddenly this one puppy comes over and starts licking Mary's hand.
  • So naturally, that was the one she wanted to keep.
  • I tried to tell her a wolfhound mix would be too big for the apartment.
  • " It refers to the whole experience of having the assignment, rather than a specific period of labor.
  • I worked on that job for the School Board last night.
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"This one" is sort of a shortened form of "one particular."
We were watching the puppies play, trying to decide which one to adopt, and suddenly this one puppy comes over and starts licking Mary's hand. So naturally, that was the one she wanted to keep. I tried to tell her a wolfhound mix would be too big for the apartment.
"Worked an assignment" has a slightly different meaning th
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Thanks, D! Much clearer now.
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