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Rifleman
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| Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:09 pm
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"Okay, How about, what now?"
"We could take a shower together." She smiled over the top of the mug.
"Oh, yeah, I can line up with that. But I meant something a little further
ahead."
"We could come back to bed after the shower?"
"Uh, Toni . . . "
"I know, I know. Let's just let everything else wait, okay?"
It's like a comprehension test for a non-native speaker but I can't
understand the sentence "I can line up with that" in the third line. Is it
just another way to express "agreement"?
Riflemen
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Michael DeBusk
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| Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:37 pm
Post subject: Re: Line up with |
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 02:09:33 +0900, Rifleman <tellmewhatever@hotmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | It's like a comprehension test for a non-native speaker but I can't
understand the sentence "I can line up with that" in the third line.
Is it just another way to express "agreement"?
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In this context, yes. It more specifically indicates that the speaker
believes that he is willing to modify any plans he may have had so as
to match the plans of the listener.
Most people, even if they don't realize it on a conscious level,
arrange their awareness of time along an imaginary line.
--
Michael DeBusk, Co-Conspirator to Make the World a Better Place
Did he update http://home.earthlink.net/~debu4335/ yet? |
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John Dean
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| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:51 am
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Michael DeBusk wrote:
| Quote: | On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 02:09:33 +0900, Rifleman
tellmewhatever@hotmail.com> wrote:
It's like a comprehension test for a non-native speaker but I can't
understand the sentence "I can line up with that" in the third line.
Is it just another way to express "agreement"?
In this context, yes. It more specifically indicates that the speaker
believes that he is willing to modify any plans he may have had so as
to match the plans of the listener.
Most people, even if they don't realize it on a conscious level,
arrange their awareness of time along an imaginary line.
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Although it might also have a military origin - similar to 'falling into
line with'.
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John Dean
Oxford
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meirman
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| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:47 am
Post subject: Re: Line up with |
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In alt.english.usage on Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:37:12 GMT Michael DeBusk
<m_debusk@despammed.com> posted:
| Quote: | On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 02:09:33 +0900, Rifleman <tellmewhatever@hotmail.com> wrote:
It's like a comprehension test for a non-native speaker but I can't
understand the sentence "I can line up with that" in the third line.
Is it just another way to express "agreement"?
In this context, yes. It more specifically indicates that the speaker
believes that he is willing to modify any plans he may have had so as
to match the plans of the listener.
Most people, even if they don't realize it on a conscious level,
arrange their awareness of time along an imaginary line.
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I'm sure that's true about time, but in this case the line is side by
side with the other party, like soldiers getting in formation.
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years |
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