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Latest post Fri, Feb 11 2005 5:06 PM by Manohonor. 1 replies.
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Manohonor  +  73431 Fri, 11 Feb 05 05:06 PM
Hi,

What's the meaning of the following phrase:

"I'm not gonna let you die down here"
"You didn't"

Thanks.

Manohonor
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MrPedantic  +  73480 Sat, 12 Feb 05 01:07 AM
Difficult without context, MoH, but I think it's a kind of melodramatic joke (the joke would lie in the confusion of tenses):

'I intend to do all that I can to prevent you from dying down here.'
'The mere fact that you intend to rescue me demonstrates that you didn't let me die.'

But no doubt an entirely different meaning would be revealed, if you provided more context...

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