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Old 22-Oct-2007, 15:41
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Dear teachers

I was stuck with another idiom while I was reading would u tell me what does that ideam mean and I would apperaciate it if u could also tell me when I can use them . here it goes

Oh does your ambition know no bounds? Congratulations!
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Dear teachers

I was stuck with another idiom while I was reading would u tell me what does that ideam mean and I would apperaciate it if u could also tell me when I can use them . here it goes

Oh does your ambition know no bounds? Congratulations!
"To know no bounds" means "to be unlimited"

the sentence could also be written

Oh, is your ambition unlimited?
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