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Chan-Seung Lee
Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 1032
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:10 am Post subject: there was that |
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M: The movie was bad, but the popcorn was pretty good.
W: At least there was that. |
What does 'there was that.' mean?
And also I'd like to know if the expression, 'there was that.', is common among native speakers.
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CP
Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 2875 Location: California
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:06 am Post subject: |
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It is something you will hear from time to time. Here it just means, well, at least there was good popcorn. _________________ You live a new life for every new language you speak. -Czech proverb |
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