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'To take a toll ON smb', 'to take a toll OF smth'?


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'To take a toll ON smb', 'to take a toll OF smth'? #16 (permalink) Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:04 am   'To take a toll ON smb', 'to take a toll OF smth'?		  
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Raskolnikov a a replacement

By the way, there is a special Russian word that covers the direction and people who're too impressed by Dostoevsky's philosophy and by his very special type of 'psychological' (self-)analysis'.
But I can't give an equivalent.
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'To take a toll ON smb', 'to take a toll OF smth'? #17 (permalink) Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:12 am   'To take a toll ON smb', 'to take a toll OF smth'?		  
Maybe he doesn't like old lady moneylenders!
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Phrasal verbs #18 (permalink) Thu Nov 16, 2006 15:38 pm   Phrasal verbs		  
Sorry, I forgot to quote Alan's post. See my following post.
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'To take a toll ON smb', 'to take a toll OF smth'? #19 (permalink) Thu Nov 16, 2006 15:40 pm   'To take a toll ON smb', 'to take a toll OF smth'?		  
Alan wrote:
Hi Tamara,

Phrasal verbs are a bit of a gimmick in all honesty. They provide loads of stuff for EFL teachers to rabbit on about but they are only poor substitutes for the genuine article. I'm sure Bill Shakespeare would have agreed with me.

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I’m not sure I quite agree with you there, Alan. True enough, phrasal verbs can usually be replaced by other verbs, but these are often too formal for casual use. You yourself must think they come in handy, as shown by your use of the phrasal verb ‘rabbit on’, which, I find, is just the right verb to use in your sentence.
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'To take a toll ON smb', 'to take a toll OF smth'? #20 (permalink) Thu Nov 16, 2006 15:46 pm   'To take a toll ON smb', 'to take a toll OF smth'?		  
Yes Conchita, I guess you're right and I have truly been hoist with my own petard. Ouch!

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'To take a toll ON smb', 'to take a toll OF smth'? #21 (permalink) Thu Nov 16, 2006 16:01 pm   'To take a toll ON smb', 'to take a toll OF smth'?		  
lol, Yankee, I succumbed to the pressure of carrying an entire state on my shoulders.

I don't know why I chose "Raskolnikov" as a replacement Profile description.

Maybe I'll go on some sort of "Profile of the Day" program.

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