What match did he ask for?

[Torsten]

Hi,

I have this Berlitz English audio course for beginners. It contains the following sentence: He asked for a match after class. Now, what match did he ask for? It pretty much could be both -- the sports game as well as the little stick, couldn't it?

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[Prezbucky]

You're right. Though we can (fairly safely) assume that "class" probably is used here to refer to one game of a certain sport, technically it also could be used to refer to the type of match used to set wood (and/or lungs) on fire.

hehe
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[Jamie (K)]

It means he asked for something to light up a cigarette or start a fire with. I can't think of any situation in which "asking for a match" would involve a sports match. It could mean that the person was picking a fight after class (as in, maybe, a boxing match), but that would be highly unlikely in a Berlitz course.

[Prezbucky]

Could it be a tennis match?
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[Jamie (K)]

[Prezbucky]

yeah, lol

"Do you have a match?"
"Yeah, joe mama."

(post-5pm post rule invoked. I'm done. hehe)
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