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Subject: Re: English native speaker - please help
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:12:53 +0930
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On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:32:56 +0200, "Ela Wojtaszek"
<ela_wojtaszek@tlen.usun-to.pl> wrote:
>Would please tell me if the following sentence is acceptable (in lyrics -
>not written or spoken language)
>"[...] getting wet inside out [...]"
>meannig: getting wet completely, thoroughly. I'd like to avoid "getting wet
>from the inside out" - because it's too long and does not fit rythmically in
>the song.
I would say:
getting wet throughout.
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