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30-May-2008, 09:26
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 A newbie's question comes out of the blue ;-) my english is no so good and i havent many words. i looked many forums for programming and learning english and etc, i have some words i dont understand. i cant find some words in my dictionary. can anybody help me? first word: newbie. regards |
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30-May-2008, 09:29
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30-May-2008, 09:54
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| re: A newbie's question comes out of the blue ;-) thank you for your reply. by the way, is this term "bie" native words or spoken language? |
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#4
30-May-2008, 10:12
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| re: A newbie's question comes out of the blue ;-) In British public (which means private - don't ask!) schools, and the military, it was a slang variant of `new boy'. This term surfaced in the newsgroup talk.bizarre and caught on and is now in wide use. |
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02-Jun-2008, 10:06
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| re: A newbie's question comes out of the blue ;-) hello, im facing some problem for explain one sentence. to be more precise, i dont understand one expression or ?. well, i confuse whether this one(bold letters) is expression or idiom. anyway, i need you a favor how to explain below sentence. ************************************ maybe my question is a little out of blue ********************************* your help will be appreciate. regards |
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#6
02-Jun-2008, 10:13
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| re: A newbie's question comes out of the blue ;-) It is an idiom. Maybe my question is a little out of the blue. = unexpected(ly). Ex: The terror attacks came out of the blue.  |
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02-Jun-2008, 10:24
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re: A newbie's question comes out of the blue ;-)  thank you for your reply. by the way, im afraid how to understand this sentence "my question is a little". would you like to help me in advance? thanks |
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#8
02-Jun-2008, 10:28
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| re: A newbie's question comes out of the blue ;-) You can find all the words/idioms in Dictionary.com or google search. |
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02-Jun-2008, 10:28
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| re: A newbie's question comes out of the blue ;-) Quote:
"Slightly/a bit unexpected. " |
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#10
02-Jun-2008, 10:30
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| re: A newbie's question comes out of the blue ;-) Quote:
You need to add something. My question is a little different. My question might sound a little ambiguous. My question is a little vague. It means 'somewhat', 'a bit'.  |
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