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[missdaredevil]

1. You can't just mosey *on *in here 2 hours late for work! Who do you think you are?

Can that *on* be omitted?

2. You are up your *a ss*=You are in trouble?

3. She is *getting on* well with this girl in class.=*getting along*?

4. Frontal nudity=baring upper and lower parts of body or just upper body?

5. an* in-your-face *style of documentary moviemaking
Does that mean it's realistic yet shocking or confrontational?


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[CP]

1. Yes. In fact, I would omit it if I were to say that to someone. "Mosey on" means more like, "stroll away" or "saunter toward": "I guess I'll mosey on to the store now."

2. "Up to one's a s s" usually means very busy. "I'm up to my a s s in alligators here, Boss. Can't you get me some help?"

Without the "to," it can mean being harassed. "The boss is up my a s s because I didn't get the project done on time."

3. Yes. I think the British say "getting on" more, and the Americans say "getting along" more.

4. Usually means completely bare and viewed / seen from the front.

5. Yes. Aggressively, unflinchingly confrontational.
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[missdaredevil]

[CP]

"In-your-face" refers to behavior, not outlook, so I wouldn't use the term to describe someone's attitude. For example, someone with an aggressive or hostile attitude might take an "in-your-face" approach to addressing a difference of opinion.
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