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What is "loose sleep"?
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:41 pm
by Tranny
Hello,
Does anyone know what the meaning of Loose Sleep is? I saw a show on TV and caught that phrase in this sentence: "He doesn't loose sleep over me."
Thanks a bunch!
Re: What is "loose sleep"?
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 7:25 am
by Joe
Tranny wrote:"He doesn't loose sleep over me."
Your sentence is not English. What you really heard was:
"He doesn't
lose sleep over me."
Loose is an adjective with several meanings:
not firmly or tightly fixed in place; not fitting tightly; relaxed, not strict.
Lose is a verb meaning
be deprived of or cease to have.
Lose is pronounced with a /z/ sound (/looz/).
Loose is pronounced with an /s/ sound (/loos/).
You probably didn't hear the /z/ sound because of the /s/ sound in sleep.
The meaning is something like:
He doesn't care about me. He doesn't worry about me.
I don't stop him sleeping.
Thank you Josef
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:02 am
by Tranny
I'm really satisfied with your answer! Thanks again!