17:15 Feb 22, 2009 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Mark Nathan France Local time: 09:48 | ||||||
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4 +10 | it's just Martha making her usual racket |
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3 | she's started wailing in a mad fit again |
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she's started wailing in a mad fit again Explanation: The woman has started off on one of her mad fits of wailing. "bloomin' well" is a mild swear expression. Clearly no one is particularly worried about it. |
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it's just Martha making her usual racket Explanation: Bloomin' is short for blooming. "She's blooming well..." is a milder form of "she's bloody well...", i.e. it is a mild expletive. As in "Bloomin' heck, Martha's at it again!". "To be off again" = "To start saying/shouting something again". As in, "Don't mention the war, you'll set him off again." The women are at ease beacuse Marth'a wailing is a familiar sound. |
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