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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Huh. How about that. I wondered about the appropriate word to use while constructing that sentence, and couldn’t see how “toe” made much sense. But apparently...
”It is common practice in many long-established schools for roll-call to be taken twice a day, at which the pupils line up with their toes exactly along a particular line on the floor, while their names are called out for them to respond to, indicating their presence.”
Who knew?
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Idioms are an odd lot, aren't they? I'm fascinated by them, especially in other languages. It's very interesting asking my wife equivalents (in terms of intent) of what common English ones would be in Mandarin.