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Bruna Dutra
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Help with definition:
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Hi guys,
I �m helping on a ws for a fellow teacher, it �s on LOST IN TRANSLATION, the movie, but I haven �t seen it and I ran into an expression which I couldn �t completely get: stateside marriage.
This is the context: .
"Charlotte is looking for her place in life, and Bob is tolerating a
mediocre stateside marriage."
I thank you in advance.
Regards,
Bruna
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20 Feb 2011
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PhilipR
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Stateside marriage = marriage in the States (USA) i.e. Bob �s married (to someone) in the USA but his marriage isn �t exactly successful... (just going through the motions). |
20 Feb 2011
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Errie
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Stateside is from what I know about it a slang term for the USA. If an American lives in another country they might say...he/she is stateside.
In the context you gave it might mean.....that Bob agrees to marry Charlotte in whatever country they are living.
Please correct me if I �m wrong.
errie |
20 Feb 2011
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britishschwa
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Stateside (SLANG) is used as an adjective or adverb denoting the USA. |
20 Feb 2011
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Bruna Dutra
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Thanks so much, guys... I had looked "stateside" up, and found the USA related definition, I just couldn �t fit into the whole thing... but your explanations helped me a lot. Thanks once more!
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20 Feb 2011
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britishschwa
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No uso geral, a palavra significa simplesmente �nos Estados Unidos,�
i.e .."Bob est� tolerando uma uni�o mediocre nos EUA"
Pardon my Portuguese ! 
Have a wonderful day! |
20 Feb 2011
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