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Old 04-05-2009, 10:40 AM   #6
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Default Re: Some phrasal verbs

For me, the original sentence brings to mind a conversation between two people in a romantic relationship. One person is being accused of participating in the relationship without really being committed.

"Play at" isn't the most formal way to express the idea, but it's also not slang or something only younger kids would say.

I think Vicente's examples are good.

If something is good in context, then it's good, right? Lot's of very correct utterances are hard to interpret out of context.
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