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Kihwan jung
I got some English sentences that I can't understand '◡'✿
Hi :) I'm studying English and I need your help English native speaker !!
1. he knows a guy who can get us fifty cent on the dollar.
-> I can't understand what "fifty cent on the dollar" means.
Someone said that it means "selling something at a rock-bottom price", and other said that it means "fifty cent more per dollar".
which one is correct?
2. Thank fuck they didn't make you for the harmless idiots you are.
-> i can't understand what "make you for the harmless idiots you are "means.
What does "make A for B" mean in general?
3. There's plenty of me to go around.
->I know all of the word but I can't understand what this sentence means at all :(
4. He's walking, he's talking, and he's sticking up joints.
-> I can't understand what "stick up joints" means
5. two planes are touching down at a field on a weapons run.
->I can't understand what "on a weapons run" means.
All of them are voice line from a video game "GTA5"
Jun 18, 2020 1:45 AM
Answers · 3
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1. 50 cents on the dollar= half price
You can use other numbers too. 40 cents on the dollar= 40% of the original price
2. make someone for something is the same as TAKE someone FOR someone/thing
It means that you believe/regard/perceive someone to be something.
The speaker is happy that someone (they) didn't realize that you were just harmless idiots.
3. Think of this as 'there is plenty of something for everyone'.
(ex. There is plenty of food for all of you)
The meaning of 'There is plenty of me for everyone' will depend on the context.
If the speaker was fighting, it means 'Don't worry. I can fight all of you'
If it was an argument, it means that the speaker is willing to argue with everyone.
If it was an orgy, well you can figure that one out yourself.
4. Sticking up joints= robbing places with a gun
A stick up is a robbery, joints is slang for places
5. on a run for something= on a trip to pick up something
I'm going on a cigarette run= I'm going to the shop to get cigarettes.
on a weapons run= on a trip to buy/steal? (illegal?) weapons
June 18, 2020
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