i came across this passage: nobody is going to laugh at me! do you want to make something of it? \nwhat does it mean by "make something of it"? \nthanks a bunch!
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It means do you want to contest what they say?....or even physically fight about it?!!!!
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niiiiiiiiiiiiice quote.  I like it a lot.  I'll have to get that book.\n\nBasically, it says that if you are the type of person to let things roll over and over and over in your head without ever coming to some sort of resolution, you will always get behind in everything you really want to do in life.\n\nIn terms of respect, there are a couple of thoughts on this.  How will you respect yourself if you don't respect others?  How will you be perceived as an honorable person if you let others run over you or you straddle the fence on important issues all the time?  \n\nI disagree with one statement.  "You have to demand respect in this world,......"  Actually, I don't demand respect.  I don't have to because I can look at you or speak to you in such a way that the respect comes natural.  \n\nI command respect by my mere presence.
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Some parts didn't make much sense, but here it goes:\n\n"I'm' sorry I had to hang up today. My girlfriend was near and she is very jealous. I'm not enjoying this, I will send you the camera, all you have to do is wait a little bit, because I had a financial crisis. Did I tell you I'm coming back to  Florida? A (Kiss?)"\n\nP.S. I'm Portuguese.
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It usually means something is funny, "Laugh out loud" or "Lots of laugh" but it can mean a few other things. Check with the person using it. If there is a smiley face next to it then it mean something is funny and not serious like questions from foreigner.  LOL   :-)
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nothing.. you all got problems thinking so though.. its a type of expression.. GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT? dont listen to it then and it shouldn't be up to you to decide whether its good or not.
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I have never heard of this rule before, and I'm a grammar teacher, so I don't think anyone will get mad if you violate it.\n\nHowever, the form of your sentence that would fit the rule would be: "Come to Manchester, in which we will meet some interesting people."\n\nIt doesn't really do anything for me, either.
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Ooh, well said.  You're gonna get a lot of "but you didn't read the whole thing," and "but you don't UNDERSTAAANNND", and "how dare you twist the meaning of the bible", and "you're taking it out of context."  As if a story of infanticide could possibly be misunderstood or taken out of context.\n\nI've asked questions like this and I always get those kinds of non-answers.  I especially get a kick out of "but that's not what it means!"  When I point out that the meaning is perfectly clear, then they start spluttering how-dare-you and the conversation is over.\n\nKeep asking. Even the non-answers are educational.
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Hmmm...no. It's not a sentence, so it's not clear what rules of grammar apply, but I don't think "a symbol" can be taken to refer grammatically to "burn their underpants"--so that makes the underpants themselves a symbol of throwing off their matriachal oppressors. You might want "to represent throwing off..."\n\nI am a matriarchal supporter but that doesn't make me any less a grammar queen.
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It has no real meaning, it is his little "catch phrase". They tried to imitate it in English as "believe it".
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Translation:\n\nHi. Whats happening is this dang boy is getting on my last nerve. I hate it. Anyway, he says he wants to go out with me, and his friend says it too. His friend just called me to say that. Then, this girl that used to like him (but he wouldn't go out with her) said it was a joke. She said she asked him and thats was what he said. What should I do? I guess we're going out, but I don't know if we are or not.\n\nOk, now that people don't have such a hard time reading what you were trying to say, maybe they can answer.
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I've used that expression with friends before as a joke. It's a silly over-doing-it way of saying that you're great.\n\nA friend of mine who's female brought me a soda one day without me asking (long story but it was super hot that day and we were working outdoors) and I said, "Oh my god, marry me!" We had a good chuckle about it but that's all. Likewise another time I got a backrub from a female friend and I was enjoying it so much I said, "Will you have my children?" \n\nIf he said it was a joke, it probably was. He just thinks you're really cool. he may even think you're hot, but he's still probably joking.
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It's an old prank. You tell a joke that makes no sense so that no one can "get it" and see how many people laugh. It's best done as a prank on one person in particular in a group. Let everyone (but one) in on the joke and tell them to laugh at the end. Then the person you are pranking might laugh with you as not to look stupid and HA! The joke's on them.
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is it better to say, "That is something I will not put up with". OR "That is something up with which I will not put."\n\nI heard it is the latter even though it sounds strange, it is grammatically correct.\n\nOr you can always talk about HAMLET. It is hard to say anything novel but if you say you have a theory that maybe  his girlfriend was the victim of foul play and not suicide, it may intrigue her. \n( this is my personal opinion) I always wanted to write a missing act to the play that explains why she turns up dead in the river.\n\nOr talk about how it was NOT a tragedy that Hamlet died because he was contemplating suicide anyway, so at least he killed his enemies first.( to be or not to be, that is the question.)\nhe was thinking about killing himself but was scared because he thought it may be worse than life( more suffering)
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It is very difficult to decipher what you are trying to say.  It would be better if you sat sown and wrote (for yourself) what you are attempting to do.  Once you have this completed, get others to read it to see if they can easily understand it.  Until you do this, it is unlikely that you will make much progress.
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You want it literally untangled?  Here goes - it's a tricky one because you can't tell which negative pairs with which:\n\nAin't you going to not answer none of these questions no more?\nAin't you going to answer some of these questions no more?\nAre you going to answer some of these questions ...more?\nAre you going to keep answering these questions?  yes\n\ntry again\n\nAin't you going to not answer none of these questions no more?\nAre you going to answer none of these questions no more?\nAre you going to answer some of these questions ...more?\n\ncomes out the same!  whack. Once more for luck:\n\nAin't you going to not answer none of these questions no more?\nAre you going to not answer none of these questions...more?\n...same again!\n\nErgo, Dorypanda is logical despite her legendary forgetfulness and evolutionary stubbornness (bamboo shoots... I ask you...)\n\nYes, despite my best efforts, I am.
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to make light of    \nto not pay too much attention to, (she made light of his insult)\n2.to split hairs \nto pay too much attention to unimportant matters \n3.apple-pie-order \neverything absolutely in its correct place, neat and orderly\n4.take it with a grain of salt\nto not automatically believe it as absolute truth\n5.to wear your heart on your sleeve\nto have your emotions on display and run the risk of being hurt, to not keep it all inside\n7.fit to be tied \nI'm not sure of this one, sorry\n8.to mince matters \nto confuse a simple issue by adding unimportant trivia\n9.on pin and needles\nwaiting impatiently for something to happen
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I have no idea of the context, but this is the translation:\n"you, la Bruyère and Tori cannot judge me. Leave the table of multification to God"\nThat last part does not make sense to me. May be the "table of multification" is a french expression for something like "final judgement". \nGreetings from Holland!