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Reply Tue 16 May, 2006 01:51 am
I came across this idiom "settle for" ,can anyone please show me how to use it?
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Lord Ellpus
 
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Reply Tue 16 May, 2006 02:46 am
If you're Chinese/Asian, try here....

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=74610

If not, sorry to have butted in.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Tue 16 May, 2006 03:24 am
He wanted the Peking Duck, but it was unavailable, so he settled for the steamed duck with mushrooms.


She wanted the new edition of her textbook, but it had sold out, so she settled for a good second hand copy.
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