winced my way through
English translation: my understanding
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|  Selected response from: Susana Galilea United States Local time: 11:54 | ||||
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| 4 +7 | drank mine with difficulty |
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| 5 +1 | grimaced as I drank mine |
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| 4 +1 | drank mine reluctantly... |
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| 4 | sipped |
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| 4 | Like you do with a particularly foul medicine |
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| 3 | my understanding |
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my understanding Explanation: I understand it to mean the person does not like the taste of the drink, and he/she takes tentative sips while his/her friend just drinks it in one gulp. The dictionary has "flinch" as a synonym. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2003-11-06 01:13:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- \"to xxx one\'s way through\" is an idiomatic expression, basically meaning to succeed in doing something with variable degrees of effort depending on the context -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2003-11-06 01:13:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers: wince1 [wýns] verb 1 [intransitive] to start slightly, as with sudden pain; flinch noun 2 the act of wincing [ETYMOLOGY: C18 (earlier (C13) meaning: to kick): via Old French wencier, guenchir to avoid, from Germanic; compare Old Saxon wenkian, Old High German wenken] \'wincer noun -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2003-11-06 01:14:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers: Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers: flinch1 [flýntʃ] verb [intransitive] 1 to draw back suddenly, as from pain, shock, etc.; wince example: he flinched as the cold water struck him -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2003-11-06 01:21:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ... Can I ***think my way through*** to enlightenment? Is it possible to philosophize one’s way to enlightenment? This is a common concern ... www.abhidhyan.org/Teachings/ Thinking_to_enlightenment.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages ... Then, after my Father died, the student cared for me.... Full Document. TITLE: ***Memorized My Way Through*** College And Law School. CREATOR: John W. Leibold (author). ... www.disabilitymuseum.org/lib/docs/1401card.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages ... Tells the tale of the country\'s culinary export. ***Eating my way through*** northern Spain by Marilyn Wilson, Cobblestone Tours. San Sebastian shore. ... www.theculturedtraveler.com/Archives/SEP2002/Spain.htm - 33k - Cached - Similar pages |
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59 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +7
peer agreement (net): +7drank mine with difficulty Explanation: maybe this person was afraid to drink so much or doesn't really like alcohol at all her friend Chugged it down (drank it down all at once) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 0 min (2003-11-06 01:59:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- a person winces when they are feeling pain or remorse it is a facial expression, squeezing up of facial features, often accompanied by a sucking-in sound |
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