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|    Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev    |
|    "bear the brunt of"    |
|    01 Mar 21 08:50:54    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 603c8eca       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 603927bc       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 1.3 20210227       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0200       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2021-02-17       Hi, Anton Shepelev - Denis Mosko!       I read your message from 26.02.2021 19:54               AM> I do not see anything special in the phrase "bear the brunt        AM> of", which you placed in the subject, that might not be un-        AM> derstood at intermediate level. That is a simple phrase        AM> where the verb "to bear" governs the unfinished noun phrase        AM> "brunt of...". What is your exact problem with parsing and        AM> understanding it?        AM>              He is a rare case of a fidosadist practising mild mental sex with partners. ;-)              Bye, Anton!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2021              ---         * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 105/81 120/340 123/131 129/305 221/1 6 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 664 1016 1017 240/1120 1634 1895       SEEN-BY: 240/2100 5138 5411 5832 5853 8001 8002 8005 249/206 317 261/38       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 313/41 317/3 320/219 322/757 331/313 333/808 335/206       SEEN-BY: 335/364 370 342/200 371/52 382/147 2454/119 4500/1 5020/1042       PATH: 221/6 335/364 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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