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Phrasal verb: hold true (held true) #16 (permalink) Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:17 am   Phrasal verb: hold true (held true)
 

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What are birds coming to? = 'What are birds becoming?' (here, 'Are birds getting weaker?'). The old man (who has been working all night trying to catch his big fish) is half-humorously castigating the bird for being so tired.
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Phrasal verb: hold true (held true) #17 (permalink) Sun Dec 30, 2007 22:59 pm   Phrasal verb: hold true (held true)
 

Mister Micawber wrote:
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What are birds coming to? = 'What are birds becoming?' (here, 'Are birds getting weaker?'). The old man (who has been working all night trying to catch his big fish) is half-humorously castigating the bird for being so tired.
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