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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
your new flame/lover
Nobody is perfect, including your new flame. So don't fool yourself into believing he or she can do no wrong.
Hi,
Could I replace "flame" in the above with "lover?" If not, what words would you use instead?
Second, I presume "wrong" in the bolded phrase acts as a noun, and it's pretty new usage for me. Is it very common usage now? Thanks.
Hi,
Could I replace "flame" in the above with "lover?" If not, what words would you use instead?
Second, I presume "wrong" in the bolded phrase acts as a noun, and it's pretty new usage for me. Is it very common usage now? Thanks.
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"Flame" is a more playful word than "lover," but besides that, sure, you could replace it without changing the meaning. "
- "Flame" is a more playful word than "lover," but besides that, sure, you could replace it without changing the meaning.
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"Flame" is a more playful word than "lover," but besides that, sure, you could replace it without changing the meaning. ("Flame" is old-fashioned slang, so its use nowadays carries a little irony; other choices might be "beau," for a male flame, or "sweetie" or even "squeeze," which is sufficiently dated now, I think.)
"Do no wrong" is an archaic collocation still in use today, I think;
"Do no wrong" is an archaic collocation still in use today, I think;
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Delmobile"Flame" is a more playful word than "lover," but besides that, sure, you could replace it without changing the meaning. ("Flame" is old-fashioned slang, so its use nowadays carries a little irony; other choices might be "beau," for a male flame, or "sweetie" or even "squeeze," which is sufficiently dated now, I think.)
"Do no wrong" is an archaic
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"Sweetie" can be either male or female; I think "squeeze" (or "main squeeze," its original form) originally only referred to a female, although I've heard it used for either ***.
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Delmobile"Sweetie" can be either male or female; I think "squeeze" (or "main squeeze," its original form) originally only referred to a female, although I've heard it used for either ***.Thanks, Del.
Got it.
By the way, are there some cultural links about "main squeeze" that I miss? I find it's hard to associate "main squeeze"
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