Won't take her long

schoolboy · Tue Feb 10, 2004 22:15 pm *Won't take her long*

Test No. incompl/inter-25 "Wrapped round her finger", question 7

As she's such a nasty little thing, I can see it won't take her long to wrap you round her little ..........

(a) shoulder
(b) body
(c) finger
(d) tongue

Test No. incompl/inter-25 "Wrapped round her finger", answer 7

As she's such a nasty little thing, I can see it won't take her long to wrap you round her little finger.

Correct answer: (c) finger

Hello everybody! I cannot find out :What does it mean;
>>>won't take her long<<<
Schoolboy Shocked

thanks

Torsten · Tue Feb 10, 2004 22:35 pm *It won't take her long...*

Hi Schoolboy,

Let's look at the sentence you are referring to:

As she's such a nasty little thing, I can see it won't take her long to wrap you round her little finger.

This means, she will have wrapped you round her little finger very soon.
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schoolboy · Tue Feb 10, 2004 22:47 pm *It won't take her long...*

I understand it, but I didn't see this construction <<take her long>>, >>>take him lonf>>> Its translation is <<very soon>>. Am I right?
Schoolboy

Torsten · Tue Feb 10, 2004 22:49 pm *Won't take long*

It won't take long - it will happen soon.
It won't take me long to finish this translation - I'll soon be finished with this translation.
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Sevide · Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:16 am *'to wrap you round her little finger'*

hi
does 'to wrap you round her little finger' means
'she will have you do whatever she wants,
you'll be like dummy'
thanks beforehand Wink

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