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| Any native speaker to help me ? |
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| Welcome, NandoAR. ![]() Possibly, a person or thing that gives something and then takes it back, a give-taker? |
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I must say I've never heard of the term, but it wouldn't be the first time |
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| Give-taker is an idiom, it is like saying indian giver,take and give me, give-taker is when you give but at he same time you take something, and many times is the same thing that you gave, or indian giver, you give and take. Here in my country there are many indian giver or give taker....gave me but took something back at the same time. |
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| you can use this link in ordet to finf what ever you need about idiom http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/g.html the previous link is about idioms begin with G The following link has a good glossary of idioms open each link according to each kind of idiom you need http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/cat/ hope that helps Matilda Last edited by Red5; 07-Aug-2007 at 16:09. Reason: Corrected url |
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| There is also something known as give and take relationship....... |
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