18:48 Aug 1, 2020 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / cultural reference | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Katya Kesten Local time: 10:07 | ||||||
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3 +4 | drink v8 – keep your diet (or hair) straight |
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3 +3 | V8 haircut |
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3 +1 | V8 juice |
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3 | V8 is a brand of flat iron for hair |
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Discussion entries: 5 | |
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uneven - v8 drink v8 – keep your diet (or hair) straight Explanation: It’s a long shot, but it’s possible that the author is making references to these old commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW0jfsPLWBY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtD6kIRJn8 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 45 mins (2020-08-01 19:34:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- But this would be difficult for another culture and generation to understand. The point is that it’s very uneven. You could just use another expression that conveys the same meaning. For example: My hair is so uneven that my 6 year old could have done better as seen in this review https://www.groupon.com/biz/north-palm-beach-fl/north-palm-b... My poor mannequin’s hair was so uneven that [something that translates into the respective language/culture] |
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