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hiromi525
Joined: 15 Jan 2008
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Location: Japan
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 Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:05 am Post subject: pull myself off |
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This is a passage taken form a novel.
What does it mean?
I tried to pull myself off the couch to get some more coffee,... |
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pinenut
Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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Location: Illinois, U.S.A.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:20 am Post subject: Re: pull myself off |
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| hiromi525 wrote: |
This is a passage taken form a novel.
What does it mean?
I tried to pull myself off the couch to get some more coffee,... |
'pull myself off' may mean 'lift myself off' describing the act of lifting myself up halfway between sitting and standing. |
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Lorikeet
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Location: San Francisco
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:00 am Post subject: |
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| The implication is that I really didn't want to get up, but tried to force myself to do it. |
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