wowenglish1
Senior Member
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2006
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Korean
- Home Country
- South Korea
- Current Location
- South Korea
I wonder why she said the next sentence.
You owe me one.
You owe me one.
You owe me one
- Thread starter wowenglish1
- Start date
- Views : 10,819
- Status
JMurray
Key Member
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2010
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- New Zealand
- Current Location
- Australia
An old school-friend of Dagwood's turns up to visit and seems to spend most of his time making rude remarks about the furniture and the food etc. Blondie stays silent out of politeness but later that evening she lets Dagwood know that he owes her a big favour in return. The remark "You owe me one" often means, "I've just done you a favour and at some time in the future you can pay me back". I suppose the look of surprise on Dagwood's face suggests that he doesn't realise how difficult the visit has been for Blondie.
not a teacher
not a teacher
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2010
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- British English
- Home Country
- Czech Republic
- Current Location
- Czech Republic
As I have said before, It would be more natural to say:
What does she mean by "X"?
or Why is "X" supposed to be funny?
'I wonder why she said X' is a comment, not a question.
What does she mean by "X"?
or Why is "X" supposed to be funny?
'I wonder why she said X' is a comment, not a question.
- Status
