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| Naahhhhh. (Thanks for spotting that- we have changed some code and one or two have gone empty) |
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| Like all new machines, it had a few teething troubles but it is working well now. This sentence means that the machines had some troubles at the beginning,but later it worked well.right? |
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| The section on idioms seems to be having some teething problems. teething problems http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...+problems.html |
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| That sounds quite odd if we were to take it literally and that person is a full-grown adult. I'm Ana by the way and this is my first post. |
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Luckily, it's not literal in meaning. |
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Actually, it wouldn't normally be used that way. It is used to refer to a project of some sort. Example: A: How is the project going? B: It is having teething problems. (It is having trouble getting started.)~R Last edited by RonBee; 23-Jul-2007 at 02:04. Reason: fix link |
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| Beats meeeeee ! |
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| e.g. Many marriages go through teething problems in the first few months. |
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