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#2 (permalink) Tue Nov 16, 2004 13:04 pm Naughty |
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Wicked is too strong here. _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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Alan Co-founder

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#3 (permalink) Wed Oct 29, 2008 23:01 pm Wicked vs. naughty |
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| I don't understand the meaning of this sentence. "we're treating you to a meal out." :oops: |
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Santinat New Member
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#4 (permalink) Wed Oct 29, 2008 23:06 pm Wicked vs. naughty |
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This means 'we are inviting you to a restaurant and are going to pay for the meal'. In other words -- 'you can come along with us to the restaurant, order a nice hot meal and we'll pay for it'.
Please let me know if this makes sense to you. Thanks, Torsten
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#5 (permalink) Wed Oct 29, 2008 23:09 pm Wicked vs. naughty |
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| yes, thank you |
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#7 (permalink) Sat Nov 08, 2008 14:54 pm Wicked vs. naughty |
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| I don't understand why the reply is: you're really naughty, because naughty means=not polite, right? |
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Saneta I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#8 (permalink) Sat Nov 08, 2008 15:11 pm Wicked vs. naughty |
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Hi Saneta,
You are right. 'Naughty' usually means badly behaved especially when it's used to describe a child's bad behaviour. It also has another meaning when it's used to say to someone who has for example bought you a very expensive present: You are very kind and thank you very much but you shouldn't have spent all that money. The idea of 'shouldn't' is shown in saying to someone that they are 'naughty'. It is however said in a very friendly way and doesn't really mean that you are criticising them.
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Alan Co-founder

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#9 (permalink) Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:46 am Wicked vs. naughty |
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| Alan wrote: |
Hi Saneta,
You are right. 'Naughty' usually means badly behaved especially when it's used to describe a child's bad behaviour. It also has another meaning when it's used to say to someone who has for example bought you a very expensive present: You are very kind and thank you very much but you shouldn't have spent all that money. The idea of 'shouldn't' is shown in saying to someone that they are 'naughty'. It is however said in a very friendly way and doesn't really mean that you are criticising them.
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Can we use it to an opposite gender? because it sounds like flirting..
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#10 (permalink) Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:16 am Wicked vs. naughty |
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Hi, Yes.It is used in a informal or humourous way involving or suggesting sex: He always buys her naughty underwear for her birthday. The film was shown on TV but they'd cut out all the naughty bits/scenes. Regards' Morteza |
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Morteza I'm here quite often ;-)

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#11 (permalink) Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:40 am Wicked vs. naughty |
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| I don't really understand the use of these four expressions in this question. |
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Johnpros I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#12 (permalink) Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:43 am Wicked vs. naughty |
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| thanks alan |
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#13 (permalink) Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:19 am Wicked vs. naughty |
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| Johnpros wrote: |
| I don't really understand the use of these four expressions in this question. |
Hi John,
I suggest you first look up the meanings of those four adjectives in your dictionary. Maybe this will help you understand the expressions.
Regards, Torsten
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#14 (permalink) Fri Oct 09, 2009 21:43 pm Wicked vs. naughty |
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| What do you mean by wicked is too strong so its better to use naughty? Does that mean we can also use wicked but not to people we don't know? |
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Takenrerei I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#15 (permalink) Fri Aug 27, 2010 13:12 pm Wicked vs. naughty |
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Dear Mr.Alan/Toersten, Maybe in learning idioms we don't need really understand their meaning, isn't that right? because some expression are really absurd to understand, and have the opposite meaning. Example: ''break a leg vs good luck'', ''you're very naughty vs you're very kind.'' |
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