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"Dad is doing my nut in already" means "Dad is angry" or "Dad makes me angry"?
2) What does "gunpowder" mean in "Laura gave a prescription involving percentages and codes which might as well have been for gunpowder"?
3)Does "ministration" mean "service" in "it was hard to imagine her performing any tender ministration of this type"?
4) What does "dissolute" mean in he looks rather like a dissolute baby"?
Aug 27, 2019 6:12 PM
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I think it's something like, "Driving me nuts." which means "Making me angry."
August 27, 2019
It seems that "doing someone's nut in" is a British phrase for "making someone angry," and that is why I had never heard of it. So, yes, Dad is making me angry.
August 27, 2019
I don't know what "Dad is doing my nut in already" means.
2. Gunpowder is an old-fashioned ingredient used in firearms, but I think here it just means that the prescription was not understood.
3. Ministration is giving care, as in ministering to the sick, so she is not the caring type.
4. Dissolute lacking in morals, so a dissolute baby is an oxymoron, or two words that are opposites in contrast. Perhaps he looked innocent and lewd at the same time.
Hope this helps.
August 27, 2019
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