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Grammar and Linguistics > his joint ´s a bit like...
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dulek
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his joint ´s a bit like...
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Hello. Could anybody help me to understand the expression which I ´ve found in one of the books for upper-intermediate level. The sentence is: "I guess his joint ´s a bit like Uncle Keith himself, very laid-back and relaxed".I don ´t quite follow why the word joint was used in this sentences. Can I also have examples with similar expressions using this word. Thanks in advance |
26 Jan 2010
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MarionG
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´Joint � here is used to mean ´place �, like a bar or a restaurant or a hang-out of some sort...
It is a kind of slang I suppose, "a cool joint" or ´a hip joint � or ´a shady joint �
(a place were people join each other to spend time)
This is out of the top of my head, you can probably find it in a good (slang) dictionary as well. Hope this helps.
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26 Jan 2010
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libertybelle
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Marion is totally correct - in the old days they also called a run-down joint for a dive.
One of the most famous lines in a film using this expression, was in Casablanca
when the joint owner Rick (played by Humphrey Bogart) says:
"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine".
Play it again, Sam!
Libertybelle
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26 Jan 2010
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zoemorosini
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Uncle Keith sounds like the bartender or owner of the bar, or "joint", or at least a regular customer, because of the possessive "his" beforehand.
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26 Jan 2010
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