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Srdjan  +  176213 Thu, 29 Dec 05 08:27 PM

ciao,

just recently i have met words "comes to call", often can be heard in songs or be a part of a headline. Relating to the previous, "come to call".


I have found one in a book as :
" Nixon saw the race as still too close to call".
or

Feel , Robbie Williams
"I know that life wont break me
when I come to call she wont forsake me
I’m loving angels instead"<span style="color="Red";"></span><span style="color="#ff0000";"></span>

also a headline:
"Dick Cheney Comes To Call"

the second question: rule vs. reign

" Ike(Eisenhower) had long been sensitive to suggestions that he had reigned rather than ruled."

thanx in adv.
Srdjan


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YoHf  +  176238 Thu, 29 Dec 05 10:20 PM

I read many times your post Srdjan, yet I don't understand what you want to know...

The usage? Examples? Tongue Tied [:S]

Yes [Y]

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Tagalong1966  +  176246 Thu, 29 Dec 05 11:03 PM

 Srdjan wrote:
ciao, just recently i have met words "comes to call", often can be heard in songs or be a part of a headline. Relating to the previous, "come to call". I have found one in a book as : " Nixon saw the race as still too close to call". or Feel , Robbie Williams "I know that life wont break me when I come to call she wont forsake me I’m loving angels instead" also a headline: "Dick Cheney Comes To Call" the second question: rule vs. reign " Ike(Eisenhower) had long been sensitive to suggestions that he had reigned rather than ruled." thanx in adv. Srdjan

Comes to call means the same as comes to visit or comes to see a person.

Too close to call means that they can't tell who or what is going to win, as in a race or an election.

Rules is often used as slang in America to mean something is good, as in "Pizza rules."

Reign refers to the leadership of kings or queens , as in "Queen Elizabeth reigns over England"

Yes, rule and reign can both mean to lead a nation or group but, reign is more formal that rule.

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Srdjan  +  176283 Fri, 30 Dec 05 01:54 AM
to YoHf:, sorry.. hoped you will understand I was pondering over the meanings these expressions have.

to Tagalong1966: yeah, I would agree on what you have said.

come-to-call meaning remains somewhat ambiguous.

D. Cheney comes to call (Can it be seen as he has been asked for a responsibility because of some unspoken issues and so on ?)
definitively to concede something bad

thanx
Srdjan

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