Monday, November 24, 2008

Phrase Sharing

1.
Breaking down seemingly …to the point where ─lo and behold ─you’ve genetated … (p.57)
Lo and behold, SMS’s popularity built like a wave, … (p.64)

Lo and behold or lo is used to emphasize a surprising event that is about to be mentioned, or to emphasize in a humorous way that something is not surprising at all, like “See!” and “Look!”

2.
We found a gentlemen …and picked his brain. (p.60)

If you pick someone's brains, you ask them to help you with a problem because they know more about the subject than you.

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