That's three times she's beaten me — I must be slipping!

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Vik-Nik-Sor

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slip
BECOME WORSE
5. intransitive
to fall to a lower level; to become worse
That's three times she's beaten me — I must be slipping!
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I can't understand -- whether being slipping is a reason of being beaten or it's a result (she beats me and so I get worse):-?
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His skills are slipping. That is the reason he is getting beat.
 

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That should be her/she.
 

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I am not a teacher.

That should be getting beaten.
 

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I am not a teacher.

In my case, that refers to 'that which was written in the second sentence of post #2'
 

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In my case, your sentence referred to she. Dave referred to "he".
 

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The person who is doing the beating is a she. The gender of the person being beaten is unknown.
 
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