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- 06-Apr-2005, 02:52 #1
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what are the difference between scare up,scrape together and scrape up Hello,
Could you help me understand these three phrases: scare up,scrape together and scrape up?
What are the difference and common between three of them?
Thanks a lot!
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- 06-Apr-2005, 07:50 #2
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Re: what are the difference between scare up,scrape together and scrape up Scare up??
The other two can both be used to talk about getting money. If I were physically searching my house for coins etc, I'd say I managed to scrape together the money needed.
- 06-Apr-2005, 09:12 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster how about the phrase " Scare up"? how about the phrase " Scare up"? Do you have any thing in common
Thank you,
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- 06-Apr-2005, 10:57 #4
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Teacher Re: how about the phrase " Scare up"? Scare up does have that meaning in American English- get something you need with difficulty. We don't use it in British English at all.
Last edited by Tdol; 06-Apr-2005 at 11:20.
- 07-Apr-2005, 04:33 #5
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Thank you Hello Tdol,
Thank you very much for your reply to my questions. Are you from UK or US?
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- 07-Apr-2005, 05:45 #6
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Teacher Re: Thank you I'm from the UK, but currently living in Tokyo.
