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Mfholic Posted 20 years ago
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tune out

I sometimes think that the only event that hits every New Yorker on the head is the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, which is fairly penetrating—the Irish are a hard race to tune out, there are 500,000 of them in residence, and they have the police force right in the family.



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1. tune out = change in tradition?

2. What's the meaning of the blue text?

  

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1. tune out sb/sth or tune sb/sth out American, informal to ignore someone or not give your attention to something that is happening around you He could tune Karen out and still look like he was listening to her every word. You want to relax and tune out distractions from the TV or telephone.

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  • tune out sb/sth or tune sb/sth out American, informal to ignore someone or not give your attention to something that is happening around you He could tune Karen out and still look like he was listening to her every word.
  • You want to relax and tune out distractions from the TV or telephone.
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  • Many Irish people are in the police force in NY.
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1. tune out sb/sth or tune sb/sth out American, informal

to ignore someone or not give your attention to something that is happening around you
He could tune Karen out and still look like he was listening to her every word.
You want to relax and tune out distractions from the TV or telephone.

2. Many Irish people are in the police force in NY.
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the Irish are a race difficult to be ignored, there are 500,000 of them in residence, and the police force of NY is a part of this big Irish family.

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The Irish citizens of NY are hard to ignore. There are 500,000 of them in residence, and a great part of police force of NY contains many of this large Irish family.
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