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5 Apr 2014
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What does "The book on someone is that..." mean?
The book on Tanaka is that his fastball, which sat around 93-94 mph Friday night, can flatten out.
What does "The book on someone is that..." mean?
The book on Tanaka is that his fastball, which sat around 93-94 mph Friday night, can flatten out.
The book on Tanaka is that his fastball, which sat around 93-94 mph Friday night, can flatten out.
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It's a strange phrase I've never seen, but very clearly from the context it means "the information that has been recorded about..."
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Long time no see, naerylan.
Thanks a lot. Incidentally, when are you going to post on Lang8?:-) I'm looking forward to read that.
Thanks a lot. Incidentally, when are you going to post on Lang8?:-) I'm looking forward to read that.
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I will, I promise ^^; I had one almost ready and then my computer died. I was watching 魔法少女リリカルなのはA's and the power supply just quit on me. At the climax of the show too >_<
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