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Lilian Brazil  +  277215 Sat, 07 Oct 06 03:20 AM

1.... uses your things without asking for permission ?

2. ... always want to have advantages?

3. ...is too at home when you feel he shouldn't?

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Clive  +  277292 Sat, 07 Oct 06 07:01 AM

Hi,

Many expressions are possible. For example,

1.... uses your things without asking for permission ? Rude.

2. ... always want to have advantages? Pushy.

3. ...is too at home when you feel he shouldn't? Presumptuous.

Best wishes, Clive

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Lilian Brazil  +  277449 Sat, 07 Oct 06 03:49 PM

Thank you, Clive.

I don't know if I am supposed to ask you more, but is there a well-known slang for someone who is presumptuous ?

I 'd like to describe someone who asks you more favor than they should, that seems to know very few limits, they treat you as if you were closer than you really are. 

J Lewis  +  277450 Sat, 07 Oct 06 03:53 PM
For presumptuous in this situation I can only think of the Italian invadente. Is there something like "invasive" in English? I don't remember off-hand (too long in Italy). Anyway, that's still not slang.
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NewPhilologist, 3 yr 50 days ago
Intrusive?
Anonymous, 3 yr 50 days ago
...is too at home when you feel he shouldn't? : he or she is on sufferance
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