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What is "for their own good" mean?



 
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What is "for their own good" mean? Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:57 am  What is "for their own good" mean?
 

Hi Everyone,

I got some problems. Could you help me?

1. I am seeing water rings again. What is this mean? Why use "water rings" ?

2. I do it for their own good. What is "For their own good" mean?

3. He is lying on the gurney. What is "gurney"?

4. Do you want a tangelo? It seems that "Tangelo" is a kind of ftuit like orange, but I can not find it in the dictationary. What is it exactly?

5. Cobb salad. What kind of salad is that?

6. Caregiver. I think it means babysitter. Am I right?

Thank you so much.

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Meanings Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:33 am  Meanings
 

Hi,

This is quite a long list and some of the expressions are meaningless to me unless I know the context of the words or where you read or heard them. I suggest you limit the number to one or two and give some idea of where they come from.

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