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Fri 9 May, 2014 09:43 pm
Does "Camel drivers expect him to grunt and grumble while they load his back" mean "Camel drivers usually think that a camel would grunt and grumble while they load his back"?
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The haughty camel appears to carry out his burdensome duties with unlimited patience, but the dignified fellow does have his limits. Camel drivers expect him to grunt and grumble while they load his back. If the burden is too heavy, he just refuses to budge. And if he is whacked or cruelly treated, he takes aggressive action. A favorite trick is to spit a gob of his slimy green cud right in the face of his tormentor. Sometimes he gets provoked enough to bite. The wound should be treated at once because his teeth and mouth teem with assorted germs from his vegetarian food. These germs may cause poisonous infection in an open wound. But no camel made poi¬sonous chemicals are injected with the bite.
@bobsal u1553115,
bobsal u1553115 wrote:
Yes.
What you have to do here is sit still and keep your mouth shut.
Expect
1. Regard (someone or something) as likely to do or be something: [with object and infinitive]:
They were not expecting him to continue in the race after he hurt his foot.
Camel drivers expect the animals to grunt and groan while being loaded.
2. Believe that (someone or something) will arrive soon:
Celia was expecting a visitor
We expect him home soon
3. Require (something) as rightfully due or appropriate in the circumstances:
We expect great things of you
Society requires and expects protection from drunken drivers, speeding drivers and dangerous drivers.
When is it appropriate to begin expecting mature judgments from children?
4. Require (someone) to fulfil an obligation: [with object and infinitive]:
We expect employers to pay a reasonable salary
Employers don't expect you to know everything, but they do assume you are willing to learn.
I expect you to clear up the mess you have made.
5. (I expect) (informal) used to indicate that one supposes something to be so but has no firm evidence:
They’re just friends of his, I expect
I expect you know them?
@McTag,
McTag wrote:
He might expectorate.
He has to mask his mouth with a respirator.
Otherwise show him no mercy.
What you'd use to to punish children when they are so wild?
@oristarA,
Quote:What you'd use to to punish children....?
That should be "What would you use to punish children...."
but I meant the camel. Llamas spit too, I hear.
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