Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: David Lodge

 flattered the hell =
Grazie e ciao
margi

> flattered the hell =
Anche qui, contesto... l'uso di "the hell" dopo un verbo qualsiasi, ma
di solito negativo, funge da rafforzativo estremo, ad es. "he beat the
hell out of him", l'ha pestato di santa ragione. (Similarmente, "he
beat the shit" oppure "the living daylights" out of...). In questo
caso, vicino a flatter che vuol dire lusingare, X (soggetto
dell'azione) ha lusingato alla morte Y (oggetto dell'azione). Ad
esempio.
Fa' sapere come va.
Ciao,
-- 
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching
http://web.tiscali.it/alfabeto_auschwitz/index.htm

smiliari. 
Ops. Similari.
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 Fa' sapere come va.
Sounds good to me.
Cheers,
Loki
-- 
  Brevity is the soul of wit.    W.Shakespeare

phrase.
And yet, violence doesn't need to be physical, and I am certain that,
however desirable and beneficial the effect, violence must be exerted
in some form and to some extent to tame a wild animal? No? (Sliding
off-topic here, aren't I.)
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 off-topic here, aren't I.)
Only if one belongs to the school of thinking that taming requires
violence. Plenty of people do it gently, even training horses these
days. One needs a bit of understanding of animal psychology.
cheers,
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violence. Plenty of people do it gently,...
Let's get philosophical, OK. I certainly don't believe in doing
anything violently, but isn't the very act of taming a wild animal, a
form of violence? 
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form of violence?
That is what I do every day with my students.
;-)))
Frank-KIT(aming)A

;-)))
*you* can do no wrong, sweetie, darling.
-- 
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching
http://web.tiscalinet.it/alfabeto_auschwitz/

 form of violence? 
Should the word be 'violation' instead?
If violence is equated with any change to the 'natural order of
things', maybe it is. But what is the natural order of things? Nature
itself has some pretty violent rules, one only has to watch domestic
cats play with their prey. It's what one does with a tamed animal
that may be the problem. How is it housed, is it's natural instincts
allowed any expression, is it's environment appropriate, ecc. <-- [un
piccolo italiano per essere on topic :-)) ] They often live longer
than their cousins in the wild, so there is a tradeoff for them.
Cheers,
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than their cousins in the wild, so there is a tradeoff for them.
A friend of mine skips feeding his cats once a week, on purpose. In
the wild, he claims, hunting is not always successful.
Ciao,
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 the wild, he claims, hunting is not always successful.
My cat (may she rest in peace) brought dead sparrows in front of my door
when I forgot to feed her. I've always thought she was blackmailing me.
Something like "remember my friskies, unless you wanna see more of this".
The undersized tigress.
saluti,
Peltio

 Something like "remember my friskies, unless you wanna see more of this".
Poor thing! She didn't know that you are a master in cooking that specialty
of Aldebaranian cuisine 'Chat fourree au foie de moineau et friskies". :-)))
Ciao
Giorgio

 the wild, he claims, hunting is not always successful.
I've heard that for dogs but I guess it keeps the cats on their toes.
It also fits in with irregular reinforcements being stronger than
regular ones. Probably why those strays like coming in, every now and
then they get a feed from a bowl with leftovers.
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 Something like "remember my friskies, unless you wanna see more of this".
snip
That's not as bad as the cat putting the mouse (dead, or alive in a
weakened state) under the front door mat for you to step on
unsuspectingly ...
Loki
Still recovering
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