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[stevenukd]

Dear Teachers,

1. A nice adult chart with your daughter will also help you to get things straight with her.
- �to get things straight with her� means �to make things clear with her�, right?

2. Some Teachers says that the word �gigolo� is not common in the US and the UK nowadays, so what word is the same meaning as this word and common nowadays?

Thanks a lot to Teachers,

Stevenukd

[CP]

1. When you "get things straight" or "set things straight" with someone, you talk about them and reach an understanding and/or give the important information. So "get things clear" would be pretty much the same.

2. A gigolo is a fellow who makes his living by being the boyfriend / escort of one or more women. The women pay all the bills in return for his attentions.

I don't know whether it is more common now than before -- meaning what? People don't label such men as gigolos now? Now they're players, ballers? Or fewer men are employed as gigolos now than before? That doesn't seem likely.
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