getting
English translation: becoming
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|  Selected response from: Michael Powers (PhD) United States Local time: 06:39 | ||||||
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| 4 +5 | becoming |
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| 4 +2 | getting her skirt caught on the huge thorns, (and) her hair entangled in the shrubs [NOT FOR GRADING |
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| 4 +2 | snagging/entangling |
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| 5 | her hair gettingin the shrubs |
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| 4 | thorns tore at her skirts and the shrubs entangled |
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| 4 | getting (once) |
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| 3 | having |
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peer agreement (net): +5
peer agreement (net): +5becoming Explanation: her hair becoming entangled in the thorns Mike :) one way -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 mins (2005-06-21 01:59:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Whoops - just saw your note that you don\'t like \"becoming entangled\" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 mins (2005-06-21 02:00:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You could also say \"her hair entangled ...\" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 mins (2005-06-21 02:03:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Not only is \"becoming entangled\" used 39,700 times on Google, and not only does it sound fine to me, but look at the four exampls: \"getting entangled in thorns\" Dining with the enemy - Epicure - www.theage.com.au Blackberry pie required an afternoon of scrabbling in dark bushes, and almost always someone becoming entangled in the thorns. We returned home with ripped ... www.theage.com.au/news/Epicure/ Dining-with-the-enemy/2005/04/18/1113676683338.html - Similar pages Chapter 4, TERRITORY OF THE GODS It was just big enough for a man to crawl through without becoming entangled in the thorns. Odius slowly dropped to his hands and knees then peered down the ... www.marcus-malone.com/apch4.shtml - 79k - Cached - Similar pages Mythology of the Vampire Wreaths of thistle and thorn shrubs were used in the same manner, the vampire supposedly becoming entangled in the thorns. Garlands of garlic flowers were ... members.tripod.com/~Kekrops/Mythology_Vampire.html - 40k - Cached - Similar pages TheDemon\'s Jumble Book of Shadows ... affective. Wreaths of thistle and thorn shrubs were used in the same manner, the vampire supposedly becoming entangled in the thorns. ... www.thedemonsjumble.com/BoS/4x18-info-vampires2.htm - 18k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2005-06-21 02:03:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Excuse me, \"becoming entangled in the thorns\" |
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