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burn Georgetown University out of my system

English translation: has caused me to forget about Georgetown University

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English term or phrase:burn Georgetown University out of my system
Selected answer:has caused me to forget about Georgetown University
Entered by: airmailrpl

06:58 Aug 30, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: burn Georgetown University out of my system
¡°I think the heat has burn Georgetown University out of my system,¡± he acknowledged---but in writing this to his girlfriend, he was coy about the heat he was generating in the women he was meeting on the campaign trail.
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has caused me to forget about Georgetown University
Explanation:
I think the heat has burn(ed) Georgetown University out of my system,

has caused me to forget about Georgetown University
has caused me to forget about going to Georgetown University
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 08:44
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5has caused me to forget about Georgetown University
airmailrpl
4 -1made me to give up the idea of going to georgetown university
Mark Xiang


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
burn georgetown university out of my system
has caused me to forget about Georgetown University


Explanation:
I think the heat has burn(ed) Georgetown University out of my system,

has caused me to forget about Georgetown University
has caused me to forget about going to Georgetown University

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 08:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Orla Ryan
49 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Hacene
5 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Asghar Bhatti: LOL.But i cannot forget Georgetown.
7 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Alexander Demyanov
10 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  eccotraduttrice
20 hrs
  -> thank you
neutral  Refugio: There was a lot of hanky panky at Georgetown U. in those days, including both professors and students. I don't think he was forgetting it, just saying now it's even hotter.
1 day 21 hrs
  -> thank you for the explanation - never been to Georgetown U
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
burn georgetown university out of my system
made me to give up the idea of going to georgetown university


Explanation:
I think the heat has made me to give up the idea of going to Georgetown University.

Mark Xiang
Local time: 19:44
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Refugio: But Bill didn't give up the idea. He graduated.
1 day 20 hrs
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