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"As" instead of "because" | confused with 'in' or 'at'
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to make a bungle #16 (permalink) Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:31 am   to make a bungle		  
thanks, now it's clear!
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to make a bungle #17 (permalink) Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:43 am   to make a bungle		  
Beeesneees wrote:
You can:

Get it wrong.
Mess up.
Make an error.
Blunder (I blundered/ my blunder)
Make a howler.
Slip up.
Make a right mess of something.
Make a pig's ear of something.
Take a false step.
Make a faux pas.
Get it wrong.
Do a bad job.
Fluff a job /fluff it.
Drop a clanger.
Put your foot in it.
Have a 'senior moment'

You ommited the most important ones:

To screw up

=)

What would out lives be without all the screw-ups that we make.
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to make a bungle #18 (permalink) Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:27 am   to make a bungle		  
Sorry, I screwed up there! :D
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to make a bungle #19 (permalink) Tue Jun 08, 2010 22:20 pm   to make a bungle		  
Dear BS,

I know another phrase which may be synonym of these words that were mentioned above.

to muck, or to muck smth up, can it be accepted as synonym of mess around or mess up with smth?
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to make a bungle #20 (permalink) Tue Jun 08, 2010 23:39 pm   to make a bungle		  
Yes... 'muck up' is another alternative.
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