Meaning of READ BETWEEN THE LINES - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So sometimes when people are talking to you
they don't say exactly what they mean.
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They don't come right out and ask you what
they want to ask you, and you need to read
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between the lines.
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So let's look at an example of this.
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Maybe you're talking to your sister and she's
talking about how she didn't have enough money
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to go out and buy groceries the day before.
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She mentions that she doesn't have enough
money to pay the bills, and she mentions that
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she doesn't have enough money to pay for her
tuition at university.
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If you read between the lines your sister
might be asking you for money.
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She just might not want to come right out
and ask it.
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So when you read between the lines you listen
to everything people are saying and you kind
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of have to guess what they're actually saying
or what they mean.
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