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  1. 27-Apr-2011, 02:42 #1
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    Default What are the differneces between these four terms?

    Hi,

    What are the differences between these four expressions?


    What a bore.

    What a nuisance.

    What a trial.

    What a jerk.

    Thanks a lot
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    Default Re: What are the differneces between these four terms?

    Quote Originally Posted by Silverobama View Post
    Hi,

    What are the differences between these four expressions?


    What a bore. Something/someone is boring.

    What a nuisance. Something is annoying or inconvenient.

    What a trial. I don't think anyone would say this... Unless, I guess, they're talking about a legal trial, as in a courtroom procedure?

    What a jerk. Someone is being rude, inconsiderate, etc.

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    Default Re: What are the differneces between these four terms?

    Quote Originally Posted by freezeframe View Post
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    definition of trial from Oxford Dictionaries Online
    3 a person, experience, or situation that tests a person's endurance or forbearance:the trials and tribulations of married life.
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    definition of trial from Oxford Dictionaries Online
    3 a person, experience, or situation that tests a person's endurance or forbearance:the trials and tribulations of married life.
    But would people actually say "What a trial"? It sounds outdated.
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    Default Re: What are the differneces between these four terms?

    Quote Originally Posted by freezeframe View Post
    But would people actually say "What a trial"? It sounds outdated.
    I think I might. It certainly doesn't sound particularly strange to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fivejedjon View Post
    I think I might. It certainly doesn't sound particularly strange to me.
    You prove my point.

    QED

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    Default Re: What are the differneces between these four terms?

    Quote Originally Posted by freezeframe View Post
    You prove my point.

    QED

    No ageism please! I might say it too.
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