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MIA6 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Understand sentences..
I asked:"How's your grippe, sir?" He answered:"If I felt any better I'd have to send for the doctor." I don't understand what he meant?
He said:"I had the privilege of meeting your mother and dad when they had their little chat with Dr.Thurmer some weeks ago." What does 'privilege' mean here? I don't think it means 'a special right' here.
You could see he really felt pretty lousy about flunking me. So I shot the bull for a while. I told him I was a real moron, and all that stuff. I don't know what 'shot the bull' means here?
Thanks for help!
He said:"I had the privilege of meeting your mother and dad when they had their little chat with Dr.Thurmer some weeks ago." What does 'privilege' mean here? I don't think it means 'a special right' here.
You could see he really felt pretty lousy about flunking me. So I shot the bull for a while. I told him I was a real moron, and all that stuff. I don't know what 'shot the bull' means here?
Thanks for help!
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Hello Mia 1. " I don't understand what he meant? — Presumably "grippe" means "flu", here.
- Hello Mia 1.
- " I don't understand what he meant?
- — Presumably "grippe" means "flu", here.
- e.
- there's no point in sending for the doctor).
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Hello Mia
1. I asked:"How's your grippe, sir?" He answered:"If I felt any better I'd have to send for the doctor." I don't understand what he meant?
— Presumably "grippe" means "flu", here. It sounds like a little joke: either
a) even if I felt better, I'd still be ill enough to need a doctor; or
b) I feel I'm ill enough to die (i.e. there's no point in send
1. I asked:"How's your grippe, sir?" He answered:"If I felt any better I'd have to send for the doctor." I don't understand what he meant?
— Presumably "grippe" means "flu", here. It sounds like a little joke: either
a) even if I felt better, I'd still be ill enough to need a doctor; or
b) I feel I'm ill enough to die (i.e. there's no point in send
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