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river1974
Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 525 Location: Taiwan
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject: stand |
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Dear teachers:
Both of them are barely in their 30's now and they *stand* to become the newest billionaires since announcing their plan to sell millions of shares of Google.
What does "stand" here mean?
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asterix
Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Posts: 1654
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 2:34 am Post subject: |
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IT means that they are in a position to become etc.... |
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