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Autor:  Tom
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Data:  29/JAN/2006 2:02 PM
Assunto:  To natives: Pet Peeve
 
Mensagem: 

The polite way to say "pissed off" is "ticked off" which people know means what's in the first set of quotes. 

 

Mary said she was really ticked off because the striking bus drivers left her without a way to get to and from work.

 

 


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 English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
To natives: Pet Peeve  –  Andrea  29/JAN/2006, 1:15 AM
To natives: Pet Peeve  –  Deivis  29/JAN/2006, 1:46 AM
To natives: Pet Peeve  –  Deivis  29/JAN/2006, 2:02 AM
To natives: Pet Peeve  –  Marcio Osorio  29/JAN/2006, 4:04 AM
To natives: Pet Peeve  –  Dale/RS  29/JAN/2006, 5:42 AM
To natives: Pet Peeve  –  Luana  29/JAN/2006, 10:00 AM
To natives: Pet Peeve  –  Marcio Osorio  29/JAN/2006, 12:04 PM
To natives: Pet Peeve  –  Dale/RS  29/JAN/2006, 12:04 PM
 To natives: Pet Peeve  –  Tom  29/JAN/2006, 2:02 PM
Tom/ Pet Peeve  –  Dale/RS  29/JAN/2006, 3:49 PM
Tom/ Pet Peeve  –  Tom  29/JAN/2006, 10:13 PM
Tom/ Pet Peeve  –  Luana  30/JAN/2006, 3:39 PM
replacement for "piss off"  –  Johannes  30/JAN/2006, 7:23 PM
To natives: Pet Peeve  –  Luana  30/JAN/2006, 3:34 PM
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