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J-B
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 03:28 am
what ?
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panzade
 
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Reply Wed 10 Nov, 2004 06:45 am
There's very little difference between the two. We have a saying;when the amount is small, we don't bother writing home to our mother about it. Laughing
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J-B
 
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Reply Thu 11 Nov, 2004 03:22 am
Laughing
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J-B
 
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Reply Fri 12 Nov, 2004 07:13 am
Quote:
CORRODE and ERODE

anyone? Very Happy
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Thok
 
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Reply Fri 12 Nov, 2004 08:25 am
Do you know hydrochloric acid ?
If you put your hand in a test tube with this substance it will be corrode.

Actually the same meaning has "erode".
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colorbook
 
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Reply Fri 12 Nov, 2004 08:44 am
Here are more definitions

Old batteries left in electronic equipment, may bust and corrode the battery compartment.

The mud slide eroded the side of the mountain, now it it's only half the size it used to be.
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J-B
 
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Reply Fri 12 Nov, 2004 09:37 pm
seems "corrode" is more about chemistry. And "erode" is more about phisics Smile

But i think they have the same figurative meaning
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Einherjar
 
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Reply Fri 12 Nov, 2004 09:48 pm
Corroding = rusting, being oxidised.

Eroding = being worn away by the elements.
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J-B
 
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Reply Sat 20 Nov, 2004 04:35 am
Quote:
(Singapore) with stiff regional competition, and growth in demostic consumption limited by the city's small population...


Just how do understand the word stiff here? Confused
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J-B
 
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Reply Sun 21 Nov, 2004 03:05 am
no help for a whole day? Confused
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panzade
 
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Reply Sun 21 Nov, 2004 07:34 am
Sorry, I was busy getting ready for our national holiday on Thursday: Thanksgiving.

a stiff can be a corpse in slang but stiff competition implies a worthy opponent ; a strong contestant aligned against you...
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J-B
 
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Reply Mon 22 Nov, 2004 07:13 am
i c Smile

Hope you can get a fine Thanksgiving Day Smile

but now....
another question has been raised..
Code:A beaming Kerry was popping in and out of the cabin (TIME asia)


BEAMING???? no idea Confused
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panzade
 
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Reply Mon 22 Nov, 2004 10:55 pm
When one smiles broadly one is said to be beaming.Grinning.
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J-B
 
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Reply Wed 24 Nov, 2004 03:21 am
something like this i bet Very Happy
http://stellargraffiti.com/My%20Pictures/Sp%20Beaming.jpg
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panzade
 
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Reply Wed 24 Nov, 2004 08:13 pm
Nice headlights!
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J-B
 
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Reply Fri 3 Dec, 2004 07:07 am
here is a joke from Reader's Digest
Quote:
A couple were returning to their seats after a trip to the movie theater concession stand.
"Did I step on your toes on the way out?" the guy asked the man at the end of the row.
"You certainly did," the man responded angrily.
"All right," the husband said to his wife. "This is our row."
submitted by HEIDI ASTLE

Razz a good one

but how to understand "concession stand" ? Confused

thanks
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panzade
 
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Reply Fri 3 Dec, 2004 08:18 am
concession stand


http://app.websitetonight.com/project_root/t/i/timmyvdw/images/Jul241.jpg


That's a cute joke Laughing
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J-B
 
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Reply Sat 4 Dec, 2004 03:29 am
but what makes it call a "concession stand"?
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panzade
 
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Reply Sat 4 Dec, 2004 09:33 am
The privilege of maintaining a subsidiary business within certain premises.
The space allotted for such a business.
The business itself: had an ice-cream concession in the subway station.
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J-B
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 07:20 am
FIXTURE.

Plus: light fixtures

thanks Smile
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