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[missdaredevil]

1. Robin is a very *dry* hotel, so please don't drink alcohol.
Why does *dry* have anything to do with drinking alcohol?

2 Travel agency=Travel agent?

3 Is *body-boarding* a kind of sports that people hold onto a board while a yacht tow it on a lake?

4You are a honourable participant . We expect you to behave *as such*.

What does that mean?

5. *Tell me about it*= you should know it better?

6.Of all the different accents, yours is the most diffult for me to understand.
What is best way to rephrase it?

Thanks guys

[CP]

1. During the Prohibition era, alcohol was outlawed everywhere, and after Prohibition was repealed, alcohol was legal again. But various parts of the country decided to remain "dry" (nothing to drink) anyway, banning the sale of alcohol. Some states even today have "dry" counties and "wet" counties, so people in one place have to travel to another county to buy liquor. Isn't that funny?

2. The agency is the business. The agent is the person who arranges flights and hotels and tours for the customers.

3. More like surfing, but the board is short and wide, and the rider lies on the board belly down rather than standing on the board until falling into the ocean. The original body board maker called it the Boogey Board, so usually people call the sport boogey boarding.

On a lake, following a boat holding onto a tow line, you are water skiing.

4. We expect you to behave as an honorable participant.

5. Usually people say, "Tell me about it!" when someone says something they agree with. "That girl has huge feet." "Tell me about it!"

You can also say, "Ain't it the truth?" or "You said a mouthful!" or "You said it!"

6. "I can't understand you!"
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[missdaredevil]

Could anyone use *as such* in another sentence?

as such

1. used to indicate that a word or phrase does not apply exactly to a situationoften used with a negative
I have no qualifications as such, but I feel I could do the job.

2. used to indicate that something is being considered separately
After the earthquake, the village as such virtually ceased to exist.


I am still confused about how I should apply the usage?

Thanks