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8 Jul 2014
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What does "lark" mean?
Do you english speaking people often use the word that way?
What does "lark" mean?
Do you english speaking people often use the word that way?
Do you english speaking people often use the word that way?
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I didn't even know this word lol I would have thought it was a typo for "like"
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- English (US)
I haven't heard it used often in that context. I mainly hear it when referring to the bird. But in that context it means "something extremely easy to accomplish, succeed in or obtain"
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Thanks again. You could ask anything about Japanese to me.
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It's very uncommon but in that case means something like the idiom "a walk in the park," something very easy to do.
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I'm starting to think that this game might not be good for studying English:-)
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"A lark" is an old-fashioned phrase for a fun, enjoyable, playful experience. To do something "for a lark" or "on a lark" means to do something for fun, without serious intentions. "I went to college on a lark" = "I went to college for fun, not because I actually wanted to study/get a degree."
In this case, the character is apparently saying that joining the Red Wings used to be (by comparison to today) an easy, enjoyable, playful experience.
- Japanese
Thanks for your thorough explanation. Have you used the word that way yourself?
- English (US)
Ha! No. No one nowadays uses it that way, at least not in America. But you still run into it in older books.
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I didn't even know this word lol I would have thought it was a typo for "like"
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