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[stevenukd]

Dear Teachers,

1. Excuse me, Miss. But are you done yet?
- �are you done yet?� means �are you finished?� or �have you finished yet?�, right?

2. She was telling her friends that she was off men for life.
- �She was off men for life� means �she stayed away from men forever�, right?

3. No matter what he does, she just keeps on smiling. He�s really starting to lose it.
- �starting to lose it� here means �starting to get frustrated�, right?

Thanks a bunch to Teachers,

Stevenukd

[CP]

1. Yes, that is what the speaker means, although I was taught that you should use finished rather than done.

2. It means that she has decided that she is finished with men; she no longer wants to have anything to do with men for the rest of her life.

3. �Starting to lose it� usually means starting to lose one's mind / faculties / temper, depending on the context. Here, he's losing his mind because she won't stop smiling.
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