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RossWarren
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 Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:10 pm |
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Don't see anything wrong in using 'Undertook' in this context. I would take it to mean that the author is saying the car passed on the inside lane.
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Pete
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:43 pm |
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You're right Ross 
I've never heard the term before and this usage is not in any dictionaries I've checked, so assumed 'overtook' was meant, but I've found some examples on the web
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gileadslostson
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:09 pm |
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Location: Vienna, Austria
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Oh Pete, I envy your optimism...
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Pete
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:58 pm |
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From a Yahoo news report on the current European ballyhoo:-
“He has given up our table at the seat, exposing our position,” the Labour leader said.
Now did Ed Miliband actually say that, or did Yahoo misquote? The odds are 50/50 I'd say.
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Pete
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:17 pm |
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Just read a review of Dumas "The Three Musketeers" in which they are referred to as 'Porthos, Athos and Artemis'.
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Tony
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:33 pm |
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Location: The Village
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Read in a book about a vampire film...
"her modus operandi is to leap on to them and wrap her legs around their waste"
From an intro to a genre fiction collection...
"losing nothing of her flare and immediacy"
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Pete
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:22 pm |
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From lovemoney.com:-
'Ignorance could halce your pension'
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Pete
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:57 am |
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From a book review I just read:-
'has the feel of an unfinished piece of work and ends in a rather abrupt manor'
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Bob Lock
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 4:47 pm |
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Hmm... better than a gradual semi I suppose 
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Rolnikov
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:37 am |
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A blogger wrote:
"I'll take a risk here and speak for the bogging community"
Sounds like a positively filthy activity. 
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Ray
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:53 am |
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Location: Portsmouth
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I'm sure said bogger has now flushed with embarassment...
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Pete
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:11 pm |
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Seen in an advertisement pinned to a wall in a public place - 'if we're not there, please leave a voicemail or massage'.
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Tony
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:51 am |
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Location: The Village
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From local bus company's website...
"diversion for route 8 ... will be Victoria Toad, left into Avenue Road, right into Morton Common..."
Travel via toads now!
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Ray
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:41 am |
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Location: Portsmouth
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Victorian Toad would be quaint - little hat, dapper suit. The only way to travel.
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Journeymouse
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:17 pm |
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Location: Barnsley, England
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An Edwardian Toad, on the other hand, would be just like Toad of Toad Hall (if I have my dates right).
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