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ESL Test. When you go to France... #1 (permalink) Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:32 am   ESL Test. When you go to France...
 

Hello,

in the following sentence, I don't get the meaning of "to talk yourself out of smth":

Yes, that's important because if you find yourself in a difficult situation, you can talk yourself out of it.

You would have said: you can get yourself out of it.

Thank you for your explanation(s).
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ESL Test. When you go to France... #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:21 am   ESL Test. When you go to France...
 

Hi Johan,

This suggests when you have convinced or persuaded yourself.

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ESL Test. When you go to France... #3 (permalink) Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:23 am   ESL Test. When you go to France...
 

okay thanks a lot
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