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 #2 (permalink) Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:35 am What does "flush" mean in this sentence? |
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Here, a 'flush' is a hand of 5 playing cards in poker that are all of one suit (diamonds, spades, etc). A 'busted flush' in poker is 4 cards of one suit, and one card that does not match them.
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:32 am What does "flush" mean in this sentence? |
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So I want to know what does the whole sentence mean?
Thanks.
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:03 am What does "flush" mean in this sentence? |
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 22:07 pm What does "flush" mean in this sentence? |
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| Yeah it's funny, the joke is related with a poker card game hand suit named flush, but in this case it's "busted" because you has no flush in your hand just 4 cards with the same suit. Making sense when you think you made a good choice in any business but in reality you didn't. Too close but, not this time baby!!!! |
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:22 am What does "flush" mean in this sentence? |
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Nice to meet you here, Dredmour! You seem to be very good at English!
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Oct 14, 2008 19:57 pm flush |
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| I was thinking that in the poker game a flush is one of the bigger hands. It is good fortune to get one. So maybe the guy was thinking he had a good deal, but it turned out to be not so. So his hope went down the toilet. Too much thinking. |
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