Advanced English Phrases

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The third degree

Episode 7 / 07 Sep 2018

To give someone the third degree หมายถึงการซักถาม ด้วยคำถามที่จริงจังและตอบยาก

  • Our teacher gave us the third degree for being late to class.

  • My wife gave me the third degree because I missed her phone calls.

  • When I brought my boyfriend home to meet my parents, they gave him the third degree! It was so embarrassing.

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