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(1) Henry Li: Do you want something to drink?

Jack: That's OK.

Jack meant "No, thanks, I don't want to drink" , not meant "Okay, I want a cup of beer or something."

But a non-English speaker might misunderstand Jack's reply.

(2) "Pet peeve" a trivial bad habit, but not annoying.

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When spoken, it's the tone that counts. Non-native speakers will try to break down "that's" and "ok," ending up with a different result.

Most pet peeves are annoying. Well, to me at least.

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I have to add that the kind of dialogues are particularly in use in the US.

So guys if you are an American, verify the two. I'm not sure if those are true.

Thanks Smiffy and sentio. :)

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A pet-peeve is something that bothers the individual and is different for all people. For example, a pet-peeve of mine is when people strat a post asking a valid question, trying to unify na dbreak down the language barrier, and othe rpeople just post stupid replies without helping. That is something that bothers me, but does not bother others.

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Jack meant "No, thanks, I don't want to drink" , not meant "Okay, I want a cup of beer or something."

But a non-English speaker might misunderstand Jack's reply.

(2) "Pet peeve" a trivial bad habit, but not annoying.

correct, the pet peeve is kinda off though...Pet peeve is like, I hate when people crack their knuckles, eat with mouth open, smack their gum. they are all very irritating and annoys the crap out of me.

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