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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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tuned in//listened in// picked up a broadcast
0 More than 3.9 billion people 01 b 00 tuned in 02 b 00 to watch the 2004 Olympics in Athens. 02 br
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00 Hi, 02 br
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00 Is "tuned in" in the above interchangeable with "listened in//picked up a broadcast?" Thanks. 0-
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00 Hi, 02 br
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00 Is "tuned in" in the above interchangeable with "listened in//picked up a broadcast?" Thanks. 0-
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0 listened in - this would apply to radio only. 02 br
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00 picked up a broadcast - sounds very unnatural. 0-
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00 picked up a broadcast - sounds very unnatural. 0-
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0 Thanks, Nona. 02 br
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00 Then, how should I interpret "tuned in?" Does it mean "turned on TV and tuned to the right channel?" 0-
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00 Then, how should I interpret "tuned in?" Does it mean "turned on TV and tuned to the right channel?" 0-
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0 I guess old TVs had a tuning **** just like those antique radios that you can use to tune to your desired channel. So I guess that's how the word came into common use. Just a thought. 0-
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0 Yes, I think this phrase is just a hangover from when you had a **** and literally 'tuned in' to different stations. Nowadays our TVs are permanently tuned in to a range of stations, but in the past it was just one at a time. 0-
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