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#2 (permalink) Tue May 01, 2007 15:56 pm from Friends |
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Here are my suggestions:
1. She will be furious with you. 2. You are Mum (Mother). 3. We are so attractive/irresistible/handsome (?) that most women would do anything for us. 4. It felt like the right thing to say (I'm not quite sure that's what was meant, though). |
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Conchita Language Coach

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#3 (permalink) Wed May 02, 2007 6:09 am from Friends |
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Thank you Conchita! It helped.
I have another sentense I want to know the meaning:
" What's messing you up?"
Could you help me again, thank you!! |
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Phoo I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Wed May 02, 2007 9:47 am from Friends |
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| Phoo wrote: |
| "What's messing you up?" |
This could mean: 'What's upsetting you?'.
'Mess someone up' can have a more negative connotation. Have a look here:
dictionary |
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Conchita Language Coach

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#5 (permalink) Wed May 02, 2007 11:45 am from Friends |
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Hi Phoo
"What's messing you up" can also mean:
"What's causing the mix-ups/errors/difficulty in what you're doing?" (i.e. It could refer to one specific task you're attempting to do, but are having trouble doing.)
It depends on the broader context. |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#6 (permalink) Sun May 06, 2007 2:19 am from Friends |
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Thank you, Conchita.
How about this, could you rewrite this in another way for me?
"Some days it's all I can think about." |
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Phoo I'm here quite often ;-)
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#7 (permalink) Sun May 06, 2007 6:59 am from Friends |
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And one more,
"Can we be grown-ups now?"
Thanks!! |
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Phoo I'm here quite often ;-)
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#8 (permalink) Sun May 06, 2007 7:37 am from Friends |
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Hi Phoo,
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| Some days it's all I can think about. |
= There are days when that's the only thing (the thing already mentioned) that is in my mind.
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| Can we be grown-ups now? |
= Can we try and behave like grown-ups now/in a mature/sensible adult way?
Alan _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Passive Voice |
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#9 (permalink) Mon May 07, 2007 2:00 am from Friends |
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Thank you, Alan.
What do you put this below in other way to say?
"This from the cry-for-help department. Are you wearing makeup? "
Situation: Joy enter the room with makeup, and Chandler asks him this.
What is cry-for-help department?? and what's funny here?? |
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Phoo I'm here quite often ;-)
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#10 (permalink) Mon May 07, 2007 4:12 am from Friends |
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And,
What's "family size bag of Funyuns"? |
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Phoo I'm here quite often ;-)
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#11 (permalink) Mon May 07, 2007 4:51 am from Friends |
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I must be an odd ball as I don't like and don't watch Friends. As a result I don't know the characters well. When a normal man (Joy is hardly a name for a normal man) wears makeup...something is wrong. Chandler thinks Joy is crying out for help so he's mocking Joy by pretending to be from a made-up "department for cry for help" and asks the question...You are right..."Friends" is hardly funny to me  |
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Diverhank I'm here quite often ;-)

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#12 (permalink) Tue May 08, 2007 6:43 am from Friends |
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Thanks for your commnet.
Do you know what "balled-up socks" mean? This seems something to do with juggling of a monkey.
Is there anyone who knows FRIENDS EPISODE well? |
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Phoo I'm here quite often ;-)
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#13 (permalink) Tue May 08, 2007 9:31 am from Friends |
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And
" I was at the airport, getting into a cab, when this woman- this blonde planet with a pocketbook- starts yelling at me."
What's "blonde planet with a pocketbook"?? |
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Phoo I'm here quite often ;-)
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#14 (permalink) Tue May 08, 2007 16:58 pm from Friends |
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What's "blonde planet with a pocketbook"?? I'm guessing it's a very large (as big and round as a planet) blonde woman with money. |
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Diverhank I'm here quite often ;-)

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