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Hi Leviofan,
Your question is very rude I'm afraid. We do not ask the question with the words: Why the hell .....?
Please, if you want to know the answer, just say: What does **** mean?
The expression walk out on someone means to leave someone/ to walk away from them out of the house and not come back.
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:24 am Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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| Thanks for your explaneation. It improve my understanding of unsage of English. |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Aug 11, 2008 13:15 pm Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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Why a hell is "walked out on me"?
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Hi, Leviofan
Just to add to what Alan has already said, you could've asked this question: what the hell is ...., or what on earth is....
Though it is very rude. |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:54 am Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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'Hell' is rude; 'earth' is not.
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:21 am Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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| 'Hell' is rude; 'earth' is not. |
Makes sense :)
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Aug 12, 2008 15:00 pm Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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My wife is still with me.
So i can say nothing.
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| #8 (permalink) Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:52 pm Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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Hi!
But could you explain to me why "walk out ON someone" not "walk out from someone"?
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| #9 (permalink) Thu Nov 20, 2008 14:58 pm Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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Hi Natalika,
This means that you leave someone without telling them you are going to do that. 'He walked out on his wife' suggests that he simply leaves her without telling her that he is leaving her.
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| #10 (permalink) Thu Nov 20, 2008 19:10 pm Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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hi all
thanks Alan i undesand the meaning of the ' walked out on me'
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| #11 (permalink) Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:04 am Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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| sorry Alan, i can not still know why the "hell" is rude? i haven't ever heart about using " why a hell is". Could you explain the meaning of it to me? thank you very much. |
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| #12 (permalink) Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:00 am Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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I have added the phrase in my vocabulary. Its new for me.
Thanks Alan.
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| #13 (permalink) Tue Mar 09, 2010 19:48 pm Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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| It is new for me, too.. thanks Alan.. |
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| #15 (permalink) Tue Jun 01, 2010 20:55 pm Why a hell is walked out on me? |
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Sir,
Could you please give me few more examples on 'walked out on me' so that I could understand it better. |
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