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the meaning of "backhander"

What is the meaning of "backhander" in the following sentences?   "Was there anything on the side?a little extra from a lawyer, a slice of the pie from a litigant, a nice backhander as the Brits...
10:52 Tue 07th Jun 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:35 Wed 08th Jun 2005
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An opera could barely be heard in the background.

What is the meaning of "An opera could barely be heard in the background." in the following sentences?  "Thank you," he said stiffly. No calls, no cards, no letters, no flowers, not one word of...
08:04 Tue 07th Jun 20057 answers, last by jno 19:21 Tue 07th Jun 2005
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The meaning of "wrote her off"

What is the meaning of "wrote her off" in the following sentences?   He had decided to have dinner with Kaley before he went South for a while, and before she technically became a former student....
07:15 Tue 07th Jun 20053 answers, last by epicure_2002 10:38 Fri 22nd Aug 2014
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the meaning of "said to hell with everything else"

What is the meaning of "said to hell with everything else" in the following sentence?   The day before he left for Mississippi, he studied the deal for the last time, said to hell with everything...
06:30 Tue 07th Jun 20051 answer, last by graemer 09:04 Tue 07th Jun 2005
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the meaning of "In the thick of things"

What is the meaning of "In the thick of things" in the following sentences? "Yeah, I saw him once. I sneaked over one night and picked a new casino, hell they got fifteen now, and while I was playin'...
06:49 Sat 04th Jun 20054 answers, last by jno 10:59 Sun 05th Jun 2005
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the meaning of "with the best of them" and "circle the wagons"

What is the meaning of "with the best of them" and "circle the wagons" in the following sentences?   Word spread fast that he was back, and throughout the morning the same colleagues dropped by...
06:27 Sat 04th Jun 20053 answers, last by Peter Pedant 00:50 Sun 05th Jun 2005
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the meaning of "come in", "up to snuff" and "a piece of the back end"

What is the meaning of "come in", "up to snuff" and "a piece of the back end" in the following sentences? And how come these words have such meaning?   "Where, exactly, do you come in,...
04:54 Sat 04th Jun 20051 answer, last by Ouisch 06:27 Sat 04th Jun 2005
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talking linebackers

What is the meaning of "talking linebackers" in the following sentences? "Ever heard of Benalatofix?"  "No." "Me neither. The nickname is Skinny Ben. Ring a bell?"  "No, sorry." "It's a diet...
04:47 Sat 04th Jun 20053 answers, last by THECORBYLOON 03:47 Sun 05th Jun 2005
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the meaning of "Gimme a ballpark" and "on the high side"

What is the meaning of "Gimme a ballpark" and "on the high side" in the following sentences?   "Now we're getting somewhere. And you have possession of the family heirloom?" "That's right." ...
03:30 Sat 04th Jun 20053 answers, last by jno 11:15 Sun 05th Jun 2005
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the meaning of "unseemly traffic" and "a bookie who worked the college crowd"

What is the meaning of "unseemly traffic" and "a bookie who worked the college crowd" in the following sentences?   Crawford's office was above a bar his brother owned near the campus. It was a...
13:17 Fri 03rd Jun 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:39 Fri 03rd Jun 2005
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The meaning of "things could slip through, heads could be turned, wheels greased"

What is the meaning of The meaning of "things could slip through, heads could be turned, wheels greased" in the following sentences?   Riding in a cab back to the airport, Ray did the math on his...
11:39 Fri 03rd Jun 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:45 Fri 03rd Jun 2005
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meaning of 'docket' and 'bust'

What is the meaning of 'docket' and 'bust' in the following sentences? Talbert had a story about a judge in Chicago who was skimming from the lawyers, small sums, five hundred and a thousand bucks a...
11:34 Fri 03rd Jun 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:49 Fri 03rd Jun 2005
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Excuse for so many questions and Thanks for kind answers

I have something to say in regard to my questions(so many, so boring). I am Korean and I am studying English as a second language. In doing so, I have to grasp meanings of words and phrases. I use my...
08:11 Tue 31st May 20059 answers, last by Kingaroo 23:22 Tue 31st May 2005
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the meaning of "bobbing and jerking"

What is the meaning of "bobbing and jerking" in the following sentence?   He could see Kaley in a slinky black dress with no back at all, slits up past her thighs, very low V-neck, drop-dead...
07:26 Mon 30th May 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:32 Mon 30th May 2005
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the meaning of "cajoled him into a feature with the ruse of chatting about the Civil War ", "There was the hint of a book in the works"

What is the meaning of "cajoled him into a feature with the ruse of chatting about the Civil War ", "There was the hint of a book in the works" in the following sentences?   The Ford County Times...
09:57 Fri 27th May 20054 answers, last by jno 01:53 Sat 28th May 2005
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the meaning of the underlined phrases

What is the meaning of the underlined/colored phrases?   1. AT 9 A.M., the phone woke him. It was Harry Rex. "Wake your ass up, boy," he growled.   2. Ray swung to the edge of his bed and...
09:37 Wed 25th May 20055 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:55 Thu 26th May 2005
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the meaning of "dumb question", "far into foul territory", "let it pass"

What is the meaning of "dumb question", "far into foul territory", "let it pass" in the following sentences?   "What's in the bag?" the cop asked.  It was a dumb question, far into foul...
09:12 Wed 25th May 20052 answers, last by rampart 15:54 Wed 25th May 2005
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the meaning of "stumbled by" and "stoned out of his wasted mind"

What is the meaning of "stumbled by" and "stoned out of his wasted mind" in the following sentences?   Nonchalance was what he desperately wanted, but there was nothing fluid about his steps and...
07:40 Wed 25th May 20051 answer, last by jno 11:22 Wed 25th May 2005
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various meanings of "manage"

I know that "manage" usually means "to succeed in doing something, especially something that needs a lot of effort or skill" but in the following sentence it seems to have somewhat...
13:18 Tue 24th May 20055 answers, last by Peter Pedant 22:19 Tue 24th May 2005
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the meaning of "without missing a stride"

What is the meaning of "without missing a stride" in the following sentence?   Dell dashed by and somehow managed to refill both coffee cups and pat Ray on the shoulder without missing a stride.
11:19 Tue 24th May 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 22:21 Tue 24th May 2005

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