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What does fixed lifts mean?
What does fixed lifts mean?
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He had held no previous military post, and in his youth had dodged the draft. As a British exile, he fixed lifts for the BBC.
Thanks in advance.
He had held no previous military post, and in his youth had dodged the draft. As a British exile, he fixed lifts for the BBC.
Thanks in advance.
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Lifts in British English means "elevators". So it sounds like he fixed the elevators in the BBC office.
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