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Old 31-Mar-2005, 02:57
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Check your answer here.
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Oh, this one went over my head
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i am confudes can you explain please
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http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...+the+trot.html
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first tell me what does consecutively means then may be i understand this idiom
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Is that BE? (I had only heard one of them.)

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That's only used in the UK right? I've never heard it from an american or in a movie.
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first tell me what does consecutively means then may be i understand this idiom
If you tell me what consectively means then I may be able to understand this idiom.
It means one after the other.

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on the fly, i guess. but which about the answer?
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on the fly, i guess. but which about the answer?
Ah, you are a neighbour of mine. Try dictionary.com.
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