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Please show me example sentences with 'fool around' . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible.
Please show me example sentences with 'fool around' . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible.
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This expression has difference ranges of meaning in American or British English. In America, it can have sexual connotations. ‘My girlfriend and I were fooling around on the couch when we heard her parents’ car pull up’. In Britain, it just means ‘acting foolishly for fun’. ‘The teacher told him to stop fooling around in class’.
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Don’t fool around (не балуйся)with matches!
He always gets into troubles for fooling (дурачится) around in class.
We spent afternoon fooling around (ничего не делая) on the beach.
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This expression has difference ranges of meaning in American or British English. In America, it can have sexual connotations. ‘My girlfriend and I were fooling around on the couch when we heard her parents’ car pull up’. In Britain, it just means ‘acting foolishly for fun’. ‘The teacher told him to stop fooling around in class’.
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@olala69 there are a couple of small mistakes here - ‘gets into trouble’ not ‘troubles’ and we spent ‘the’ afternoon.
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