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   alexander koryagin to Ardith Hinton   
   Good luck!   
   03 Apr 15 18:26:19   
   
   Hi, Ardith Hinton!   
   I read your message from  02.04.2015 16:02   
   about Good luck!.   
      
    DM>>  2) Good look   
    DM>>  or   
    DM>>  Good looks   
    DM>>  is correct.   
      
    ak>>  At first, it was   
      
    AH>            Which "it" are you referring to... the "subj" line or the   
    AH> next part?   
      
   It was about the subj, of course. Probably, I should have written "At first,   
   it sounded as 'Good lick!' wish." I just imagined how the phrase could appear   
   in English. BTW, in Russia we still have the verb "luckat" (can you see the   
   similarity of the root? Cats in Russia "luckaut" their milk. So Russians   
   preserved the ancient verb. :)   
      
    AH> Thankyou for reinforcing what I was about to say to Denis   
    AH> about *not* assuming we've memorized the former, especially if he is   
    AH> asking about other things too.   
      
    AH>            Your assignment is to look up "Faulty Reference of   
    AH> Pronoun"....  ;-)   
      
      
      
    ak>>  "Good lick!" It was usually said then   
    AH>                                         |when   
      
    ak>>  they went for honey. :-}   
      
   Ooh! ;-{   
      
      
      
    AH>            Nah.  "Good lick!" is what musicians say in response to a   
    AH> brief solo passage which is interesting & enjoyable to the performer.   
      
   Yes, "lick" also denotes that me speak of a small piece of something. Take for   
   instance ice-cream eating. "The boy took an ice-cream, made a good lick and   
   passed the ice-cream to his friend."   
      
      
    AH>            Were you hoping this message would reach everybody in time   
    AH> for April Fool's Day?  I should give you a good licking... also known in   
    AH> British English as a good hiding!  IIRC I still have ye olde whip &   
    AH> chair somewhere... [grin].   
      
   No, It was just a little joke. I was hoping for nothing.   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   ENGLISH_TUTOR 2015   
      
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