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Dela Posted 15 years ago
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Worked up
Dad got us all cones, and once we were sitting down, Dad and David did talk to each other some, but mostly David wanted to eat his chocolate fudge swirl. My father smiled at me from time to time, and I smiled back, but I felt disconnected. How many times had the two of them come here for ice cream? How many birthdays had my father celebrated with his brother like this? How long had he known Mabel and Josie and the rest of the people at Greenhaven? How could it be that in all these years, I'd never spent any time with my uncle? It was like my father had a secret life away from me. A complete family away from me.
I didn't like it. Didn't understand it. And I was getting myself pretty worked up about it when David's cone crushed in his grip, causing his ice cream to flop onto the table.
from the dictionary, work up has many meanings: excited, used up...
What's the meaning here?
I didn't like it. Didn't understand it. And I was getting myself pretty worked up about it when David's cone crushed in his grip, causing his ice cream to flop onto the table.
from the dictionary, work up has many meanings: excited, used up...
What's the meaning here?
Top answer
He was getting himself angry, upset, frustrated, etc. about it.
- He was getting himself angry, upset, frustrated, etc.
- about it.
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