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June Posted 23 years ago
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What do these sentences mean?
I learned some new sentences, but I don't know their exact meanings. These sentences are: " If it’s any consolation, mom yells the most at the students she thinks are the best."
"you should have heard the fuss my mom kicked up!"
"you should have heard the fuss my mom kicked up!"
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Hi June I'll have to make some assumptions about the context to guess the meanings. " The speaker's mother is a teacher. e.
- Hi June I'll have to make some assumptions about the context to guess the meanings.
- " The speaker's mother is a teacher.
- e.
- she is hardest on the brightest ones.
- This means that it's a kind of compliment to be "yelled at" by her.
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Hi June
I'll have to make some assumptions about the context to guess the meanings.
"If it’s any consolation, mom yells the most at the students she thinks are the best."
The speaker's mother is a teacher. The implication is that the teacher is one who demands the most from her most talented students - i.e. she is hardest on the brightest ones. This means that it's
I'll have to make some assumptions about the context to guess the meanings.
"If it’s any consolation, mom yells the most at the students she thinks are the best."
The speaker's mother is a teacher. The implication is that the teacher is one who demands the most from her most talented students - i.e. she is hardest on the brightest ones. This means that it's
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