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What does "reasserting" here mean? | Expression: 'What does it mean then, when call it all mean?'
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Phrases with "Will you?" Tue Aug 01, 2006 15:31 pm  Phrases with "Will you?"
 

Hi

'But I can't reckon it; will you?'
'Eleven pounds and sixpence, is it?'


Am I right supposing that this (the form 'wil you?') is a (informal) request for action? (And 'reckon' here means 'calculate' Shocked)

Can I express the same content by the phrase: 'As I can’t <do something>, may be you will make a try to do that (instead of me)'?
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Will you Tue Aug 01, 2006 17:53 pm  Will you
 

Hi Tamara,

You asked about:

Quote:
'But I can't reckon it; will you?'
'Eleven pounds and sixpence, is it?'

On the surface I understand this to mean:

But I can't do this calculation/add it up/work out the figures and so do you think you could do that for me?

Do you make it come to Eleven pounds ...?


That's a stab at it but it's a tad difficult without knowing what came before and what follows.

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Will you? Tue Aug 01, 2006 21:15 pm  Will you?
 

Thank you, Alan, for your stab. It's quite good for the context.

(What was new for me: before I met only reckon up = calculate,
and reckon = suppose, judge, think, etc.)
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