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Emily
"I suddenly flashed on my caller" how to uderstand "flash on "? what does this two sentence mean? 1,"I suddenly flashed on my caller" how to uderstand "flash on " 2, "the old bird none the wiser " in the text a man stole something from a girl and walked out , he said this to his friend.
17 mei 2018 01:56
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1 The phrase "flash on" is slang. It means to suddenly remember or to have an idea come to mind suddenly. "I flashed on my caller" probably means "I suddenly remembered my caller." There are other possible meanings. It is difficult to be sure without context but I believe this is probably correct. 2 "The old bird" and "was none the wiser" are both slang terms. An "old bird" is a way to say "the woman." To be "none the wiser" is to be unaware of something that has occurred. So "the old bird was none the wiser" means "the woman didn't know."
17 mei 2018
Was it by any chance "It (referred to somebody's number) suddenly flashed on my caller ID"? because then this sentence would work (to describe a number suddenly appearing on the screen of a phone).
18 mei 2018
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