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Muddy

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Croatia beat Brazil
« on: Dec 09, 2022, 05:49:41 PM »
A cracking match sees the great Brazil beaten by Croatia . 
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

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Re: Croatia beat Brazil
« Reply #1 on: Dec 09, 2022, 09:12:30 PM »
I've backed the wrong one every time! Disastrous.

Dextrous63

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Re: Croatia beat Brazil
« Reply #2 on: Dec 09, 2022, 09:22:56 PM »
Is that it?  Is the competition over now and can we get back to some normal TV?  🤞

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Re: Croatia beat Brazil
« Reply #3 on: Dec 09, 2022, 09:30:12 PM »
NO,the best is yet to come.

Dextrous63

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Re: Croatia beat Brazil
« Reply #4 on: Dec 09, 2022, 09:31:55 PM »
NO,the best is yet to come.
Does that mean that at least the worse is over?


Edit- you're a linguist em, is it worse, or worst?

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Re: Croatia beat Brazil
« Reply #5 on: Dec 09, 2022, 09:34:42 PM »
Worst.

Dextrous63

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Re: Croatia beat Brazil
« Reply #6 on: Dec 09, 2022, 09:36:09 PM »
Thanks.  Noun?

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Re: Croatia beat Brazil
« Reply #7 on: Dec 09, 2022, 09:39:16 PM »
In this case,yes.Normally,as you well know,it is a superlative.

Dextrous63

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Re: Croatia beat Brazil
« Reply #8 on: Dec 09, 2022, 09:41:52 PM »
In this case,yes.Normally,as you well know,it is a superlative.
Thanks, again.  Had got round to looking it up since my previous post.  Sorry for wasting your time, when I was more than capable of finding out for myself.  🤢

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Re: Croatia beat Brazil
« Reply #9 on: Dec 09, 2022, 09:44:14 PM »
Not at all,Dex.Happy that someone is interested in grammar!

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Re: Croatia beat Brazil
« Reply #10 on: Dec 10, 2022, 06:22:20 PM »
Bang goes my Argentina v Brazil final then  !
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