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Old 05-Sep-2005, 09:05
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Default Re: Qs about the meaning of some words or sentences~

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Maybe, the painters metioned here are mostly impressionism
. I think it's more along the lines of "face": creating a look that resembles a high class establishment. Renoir, Van Gogh, Degas, and Gauguin's paintings sell for a great deal of money! If you can afford a Van Gogh, you're rich. As for Christie's, it's the name of a very famous auction house that deals in antiques, especially paintings. As for Napoleon, he was French, and he was a famous general? You'll have to look him up.

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waiters or waitress wear bizarre clothes?
It's bizzar because according to its name, the bar appears to be a high class establishment but the staff wear odd costumes - that's not what you'd expect; you'd expect conservatively dressed staff, right?

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some have waiters
To make it look like a restuarant; it's not though. It's a hostess bar, where men pay up to $50 a drink to talk to women. It's soft prostitution. ;)
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