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Old 19-Jul-2005, 08:28
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Hi

DEARS

WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE THE MEANING OF THESE

1) We’re screwed

2) Turn sb on => is it all about sexual desire

3) What a rat

4) Get a grip

5) Grunge down

6) Drab up

7) Bopping around

8) By what stretch of the imagination

9) Twit => is it common in AmE?

10) I‘ll give up a little if the other person gives up a little

11) You keep all that bottled up

12) Bring up => in AmE does it mean to braf?

Yours truly,
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Old 19-Jul-2005, 12:08
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1- messed up, in trouble
2- not always, it can mean to introduce someone to something new or to get them to like it
3- untrustworthy person
4- control yourself
7- dancing or moving around from place to place
8- difficult to understand or believe what has just been said
10- tactic in negaotiation- meeting someone midway
11- don't express your feelings so they turn nasty inside you
12- yes
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