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[stevenukd]

Dear Teachers,

1. It seems to me that you�re letting your son walk all over you.
- What does �walk all over you� mean here?

2. He must realize that the road he�s taking isn�t the one he should be taking.
- �taking� here means �going�, right?

Thanks a lot to Teachers,

Stevenukd

[CP]

1. To walk all over means to take advantage of, to treat badly or disrespect.

2. Not exactly. To take a road or a path or a way is to choose a particular path and follow it. So it means that he must realize that the course he is following is not the right one.

If you want to change the verb from take to go, you might say, "He must realize that the road he�s going down isn�t the one he should be going down."
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