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Say versus said | "It" with "infant"
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Lines around the block? #1 (permalink) Sat Oct 07, 2006 13:12 pm   Lines around the block?
 

Hi, could you please explain what the phrase "lines around the block" means in the following sentence?

I just heard about a new clothing store in Pasadena that has lines around the block. A clothing store!)

Thanks a lot,
Torsten

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In other words: queues around the corner #2 (permalink) Sat Oct 07, 2006 23:15 pm   In other words: queues around the corner
 

I think that 'A store has lines around the block' just means that the shop is so successful that people are queuing around the corner to get in.
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Lines and queues #3 (permalink) Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:05 am   Lines and queues
 

Yes Conchita, thanks for enlightening me. Of course you are right, in the US lines are queues.

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