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kerstin
Joined: 30 May 2006
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 Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: 4questions |
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Liverpool's* love affair* for all things Beatles continues today.
=affinity?
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Paul McCartney has* turned yet another corner* in his career.
=change his job?
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"How do you rank in your family?"
Is this a proper way of asking a person's ranking at home?
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can I ask people "How does he rank at school?",as to know his academic achievement? |
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cgage2
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| all are correct |
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missdaredevil
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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"How do you rank in your family?"
Is this a proper way of asking a person's ranking at home?
What does that mean? The position in a family? |
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bud
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:27 am Post subject: |
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It really has no meaning without some context. What is being ranked - athleticism, size, smarts...?
You can ask what someone's birth order in their family is. |
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