Thread: Common dialogue (but I need your help!)
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Old 18-Nov-2006, 18:48
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Default Re: Common dialogue (but I need your help!)
Yes, but "take long" has a slight connotation that the person we're waiting for has control of the amount of time he will be gone.
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