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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
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Work into Tuesday

http://news.yahoo.com/least-20-injured-california-train-crash-205833933.html

Repair crews worked into Tuesday removing two derailed cars and a locomotive and to repair damaged railroad tracks after an Amtrak train carrying about 169 passengers derailed in a collision with a big rig truck in California's Central Valley.

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What does "work into Tuesday" mean?
  

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The crash happened late Monday. The article was written maybe early Tuesday. "Into Tuesday" means that the crews were still working on removing the derailed cars, as the article was being written early Tues.

  • The crash happened late Monday.
  • The article was written maybe early Tuesday.
  • "Into Tuesday" means that the crews were still working on removing the derailed cars, as the article was being written early Tues.
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The crash happened late Monday. The article was written maybe early Tuesday. "Into Tuesday" means that the crews were still working on removing the derailed cars, as the article was being written early Tues. The reason this phrase is used is to give the impression that the writer is "right on top of the action," covering it "by the minute."

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