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keira
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 Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:23 pm Post subject: top and tail |
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Hello
What would "top and tail" mean in "they top and tail the workshop with homework" ?
To "skip the beginning and ending"? any other meaning?
Not sure about the content of the workshop...
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Mister Micawber
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The phrase (with which I am unfamiliar) seems to have several meanings, none of which seem to apply.
I might suggest that it means simply begin and finish-- homework at the start, and homework at the end.
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keira
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Mister Micawber,
Thank you so much!
That is really helpful.
keira |
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