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Moonlight4u
You're about to make a fortune "off" us?
SCRIPT
Bree smiles and introduces herself and Rex to Dr. Goldfine. (A marriage counselor)
Bree: "And I brought you some homemade potpourri." She hands it to him and walks inside.
Rex is left behind with the doctor. "The answer is yes. You're about to make a fortune off us."
QUESTION
I don't get what "off" means in this sentence.
(You're about to make a fortune off us.)
Fortune for us? Fortune from us?
What do you think? Thank you in advance!
2012년 6월 11일 오전 3:56
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You will make a fortune off us = You will make a great deal of money because of us.
In other words, they will be paying for a large number of visits to the marriage counselor because their marriage has a great number of problems.
2012년 6월 11일
"Making a fortune off us" means "Bree" is getting a lot of money from "Rex".
Unfortunately I cannot make a diagram easily on a computer, but I will try.
EDIT: sorry diagram didn't work out, so I will clear it
2012년 6월 11일
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Moonlight4u
언어 구사 능력
중국어(북경어), 영어, 크메르어(캄보디아어), 한국어, 베트남어
학습 언어
중국어(북경어), 영어, 크메르어(캄보디아어), 베트남어
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