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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
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Please just confirm...

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001) (FBI agent to suspect)02br
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01font00- 01u00No, he didn't seem to have much of a handle on them.????02u00 Does it mean....01i00No, he didn't seem to have the point of these question. He didn't understand to these question, which he had....??????02i02font02br
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002) (Man talked about how his family spent the Labor Day....I didn't know that you guys from US have this kind of public holiday...:-))))02br
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00 My wife and I took our son to a cousin's place for Labor Day weekend.02br
00 We were all out by the pool--01font01u00lots of family???( 01i00Does it mean that there were a lot of members of his family?02i00 01i00I have never heard this before02i00,,,)02u02font00.01i00 01font01u01b00We were throwing a few back???02b00 (Did he say that they were talking about the old times???????)..I have never heard this as well...02u02font02i02br
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0Sorry, I'm confused by your format. 0-

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0Sorry, I'm confused by your format. I think "throwing a few back" refers to quaffing a few alcoholic beverages.0-
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0Thanks Avangi for the clarification of "Throwing a few back"....This is the new thing for me...I didn't know that.02br
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00Problem is just that underlined text...0-
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0To "have a handle on something" is, as you say to, have a grasp of it, or to understand it moderately well.02br
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00Lots of family = many family members02br
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00Edit. I'm surprised to note that Urban Dictionary doesn't list "Throwing/tossing a few back," but I'm quite certain about it. It's probably not current enough for UD.0-
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01cite10JCDenton12cite11u10No, he didn't seem to have much of a handle on them.12u12blockquote
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01cite10shaved12cite10 you don't 'throw back' wine or hard liquor12blockquote
10Hi, shaved. How about a shot?? - A.0-
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0you could say "we threw back some shots," and nobody would think it was weird02br
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00but, if you said "we were throwing a few back" the assumption is beer02br
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00you'd have to clarify in order for people to think 'shots'0-
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0Guys, many thanks for your help!!!! Maybe I'll throw a few back right now...05000...02br
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