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Qestions #1 (permalink) Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:33 am   Qestions		  
A: Hey, what've you been up to?

B: Nothing really. What about you?

A: The same, I guess.

What does "the same" mean here? The same as you or the same as usual?

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Qestions #2 (permalink) Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:12 am   Qestions		  
Hi,

'The same' refers to Nothing really. In other words nothing really has happened for the other person, either.

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