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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Two short questions.

0Hi guys,02br
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00I just finished my another english lesson. Please, may I have two questions, which concerns two different situations? 02br
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01u00A) Two cops are talking with each other...02u02br
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00Cop A: Why are you working on this case?02br
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00Cop B: 01u01font00How make the big bucks?02font02u02br
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00Cop A: You got a thing for kid jobs? (kid job = crimes, where are kids involved)02br
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00Please, I'm kind of confussed with the answer of the cop B. I'm thinking about two meanings...02br
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001) Please, is the sentence "01u00how make the big bucks02u00" just shorter form of the sentence "how about to make big bucks"??? In the meaning that the "cop B" just wants to 01u00make more then ends meet02u00?02br
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002) Or guys from America, are you using this sentence 01u00as an sarcastic reaction02u00 in the situations, when someone is giving you stupid questions???02br
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01u00B) make go of something...02u02br
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00Group of detectives just found out that one child, which plays an important role in the case, was being abused. 02br
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00Cop A: We'd know more if we had a body, but...looks like that child was being abused.02br
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00Cop B: Seems like the mother 01font01u00couldn't make a go of it.02u02font02br
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00Cop C: Abusing the kid, goes too far one night. Sets the fire to cover it up.02br
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00Did the cop B say that the mother didn't know when to stop?02br
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00Of course, just your opinion would be very helpfull...:-)02br
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00many thanks in advance.02br
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00regards0-
  

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] [The pay was so low I just couldn't make a go of it] 0-

  • ] [The pay was so low I just couldn't make a go of it] 0-
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0 01u00A:02u00 that he couldn't make ends meet might be the reason; the expression would be better put as "How else to make big bucks?"02br
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01u00B:02u00 make a go of it = make things work, get along, be successful [She tried nursing but couldn't make a go of it because she lacked patience (not patients).] [The pay was so low I
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0Thank you Philip for perfect and very clear explanation!..:-)02br
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00Best regards0-

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