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Martina111 Posted 19 years ago
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treat to a flake
0 Hello everybody, 02 br
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00 could anybody help me with the explanation of the expresion "treat to a flake..." which is used in one of Cohen´s lyrics ? 02 br
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01 i 01 font 00 And you 01 b 00 treated my woman to a flake of your life 02 b 02 br
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00 I really don´t understand the meaning of the first sentence 05 0 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance. 02 br
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00 martina 010id 6
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00 could anybody help me with the explanation of the expresion "treat to a flake..." which is used in one of Cohen´s lyrics ? 02 br
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01 i 01 font 00 And you 01 b 00 treated my woman to a flake of your life 02 b 02 br
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00 I really don´t understand the meaning of the first sentence 05 0 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance. 02 br
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00 martina 010id 6
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0 treat 01 b 00 as 02 b 00 a flake: 02 br
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00 treated her as someone of no import/importance, someone light in terms of importance (as a flake would be) 02 br
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00 [EDIT]I missed 01 b 00 to 02 b 00 for 01 b 00 as 02 b 00 ... 0-
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00 treated her as someone of no import/importance, someone light in terms of importance (as a flake would be) 02 br
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0 to treat someone to something - to give someone something nice, enjoyable, paying all the necessary costs, as an extraordinary gesture. 02 br
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01 i 00 The neighbors have been so helpful. We should treat them to dinner. 02 i 00 (Take them to a restaurant and pay for their dinner.) 02 br
01 i 00 Mrs. Johnson promised her little daughter, "If yo
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01 i 00 The neighbors have been so helpful. We should treat them to dinner. 02 i 00 (Take them to a restaurant and pay for their dinner.) 02 br
01 i 00 Mrs. Johnson promised her little daughter, "If yo
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0 Thanks to both 05 0 02 br
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00 So, does it mean that "he" gave "her" the chance to be a part of his life for a while? 02 br
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00 So, does it mean that "he" gave "her" the chance to be a part of his life for a while? 02 br
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0 01 i 01 font 00 And you 01 b 00 treated my woman to a flake of your life 02 b 02 br
00 And when she came back she was nobody's wife 02 br
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02 font 02 i 01 font 00 This may be subject to several interpretations. Here is one possibility. 02 br
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00 And when she came back she was nobody's wife 02 br
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02 font 02 i 01 font 00 This may be subject to several interpretations. Here is one possibility. 02 br
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I should also thank for that explanation... I was searching dictionaries and phrasal verbs but finally I found it here. Thanks again
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Song lyrics are often pretty mysterious -- I think Jim's explanation of this one is good. Here's one other possibility -- I don't really know if there are any illegal drugs that take the form of flakes, but I always thought that another possible explanation of that line could be "you got my woman involved with drugs."
What I really like about that song is how the lines break in odd pla
What I really like about that song is how the lines break in odd pla
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