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Please explain what you would like explained.
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:16 am stack it against the house |
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Does stack means ; to pile up?
If yes.. What's the past of it? I guess 'stuck'? |
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Jan 25, 2011 20:42 pm stack it against the house |
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Yes - and stacked, not stuck
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:55 am stack it against the house |
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| Then 'overstuck with people and books' came from where? or maybe it's overstock !!! |
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Jan 26, 2011 15:39 pm stack it against the house |
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I have no idea where it came from, Puppet. Where did you see it? There's no such word.
A place can be overrun with people.
'Overstock' would not apply to people.
Even if it applies to books it would have to be 'overstocked'
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| #7 (permalink) Wed Jan 26, 2011 20:51 pm stack it against the house |
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I've heard that in a movie ..namely ''you've got mail''.
Meg Ryan said that the book store was ''overst?cked with books and people".. |
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| #8 (permalink) Wed Jan 26, 2011 20:56 pm stack it against the house |
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'overstocked' - but she didn't mean literally overstocked with people - just that there were too many people in there (or possibly working there).
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| #9 (permalink) Wed Jan 26, 2011 21:02 pm stack it against the house |
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Then this just mean .. we can use overstock on people too .. as an informal language to say overrun with.
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| #10 (permalink) Wed Jan 26, 2011 23:24 pm stack it against the house |
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Not usually, Puppet. It's not the sort of thing you'd here, even informally, from day to day. It's not always a good idea to mimic the movies.
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| #11 (permalink) Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:52 am stack it against the house |
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| Thank you, Beee |
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| #12 (permalink) Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:20 pm stack it against the house |
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..stack it against the house... stack it under some angle to the house?
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| #13 (permalink) Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:50 pm stack it against the house |
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Hi Saneta,
The stack of firewood might or might not actually touch the wall of the house, but basically the stack will be vertical (perpendicular to the ground) and directly next to the wall of the house.
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