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hello everybody here.

please; look at these following sentences in a conversation:

man1:Our teacher's assistant really went out of his way for us.

man2 :I'll say!

the questions are :

1- What does man1 mean?

2- What does man2 mean?


many thanks in advance.
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hello everybody here.

please; look at these following sentences in a conversation:

man1:Our teacher's assistant really went out of his way for us.

man2 :I'll say!

the questions are :

1- What does man1 mean?

2- What does man2 mean?


many thanks in advance.
#1 the teacher did more than was expected of him, pleasantly surprised everyone, outdid himself
#2 I'll say = you are agreeing with the statement = emphatically yes, he really really did exceptionally well.
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Old 26-Mar-2005, 16:11
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thanks a lot; for clarifying these expressions
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