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Expression: Star me up Sat Nov 25, 2006 17:42 pm  Expression: Star me up
 

Hi, My teachers Smile

today I listen this expression ( star me up)

could you tell me what meaning is this expression , please?

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Star me up Sat Nov 25, 2006 20:27 pm  Star me up
 

Hi Mba Very Happy

What was the context? Are you sure it was 'star' and not 'start'? (The Rolling Stones had a song called 'Start Me Up'...)

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Star me up Sat Nov 25, 2006 20:45 pm  Star me up
 

Hmm.

I know the expression stare me down Smile Embarassed

May be 'stare me up' can also make some sense? Smile

(Just a thought. And a question Smile)
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Star me up Sat Nov 25, 2006 21:07 pm  Star me up
 

Hi Tamara

Mba said he "listened"... I think it would be difficutlt to hear 'star' instead of 'stare'. (The two words sound quite different.)

As to your question, yes, I've heard the expression 'stare someone down' but I've never heard it with the word 'up'. Laughing

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Star me up Sat Nov 25, 2006 21:26 pm  Star me up
 

Hi Amy

To me, they are even more 'close'.

stare (st?r) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stare
star (st?r) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/star

It's not too difficutltltlt to mix them up...

Whereas start always requires to pronounce t (even though some Smile people prefer missing [r] in all these cases Smile)
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Star me up Sat Nov 25, 2006 22:33 pm  Star me up
 

Hi, Amy

yes, Amy you are right Embarassed ...

I heard it from Onetv



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Now I have new expression stare me down

Thanks a lot Tamara Wink
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Star me up Sat Nov 25, 2006 23:11 pm  Star me up
 

Hi Mba

Is that just an advertisement for the TV station? "Start me up" could mean "Turn me on" in the context. The word 'me' would then refer to the TV station.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/start+up

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It's not too difficutltltlt to mix them up...
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Hmmm... I still find those two 'a' sounds very different. But that's easy for me to say, right? Laughing

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