Editing Talk:Tsukumodo:Volume 2 Self

some questions...

It does sound like you’d be acting like a pretty nasty slave-driver, but that’s not really the case. After all, the two of you share everything - fun and not-so-fun - at the end of the day.

(meaning memory sync at the end of the day? )
: "at the end of the day" is purely idiomatic here. [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] ([[User talk:EusthEnoptEron|talk]]) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT) 


"Man, how childish can you get? That guy's in the soccer club and still gives it 110%..."

(why childish? is this directed at kurusu?)
: It's probably Tokiya saying it. "Childish" because Kishitani shows no restraint even though he's in the soccer club and his opponents aren't. [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] ([[User talk:EusthEnoptEron|talk]]) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)


"Here goes!"

(is this the senior's line?)
: Yup [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] ([[User talk:EusthEnoptEron|talk]]) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)

Or did his success make him a different person? Meh, just meh."

(what does meh mean here?)
: "What a nasty guy..." [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] ([[User talk:EusthEnoptEron|talk]]) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)



Every student has been confronted with the same problems when he cleared the entrance exam.

(meaning the math or whatever problems on the exam?)
: Yup. Referring to the fact that all students started off at the same start line.
:: Mmm, not sure I phrased the question correctly. I want to know if the problems mentioned in the line refer to ones DURING the exam or AFTER it... 

"Me? I'm just on day duty today."<--EEE: out of curiousity, what's day duty?-grrarr-->

(yes, what is it?)
: No idea how others translate this, but it's that thing when certain students have to come earlier / go home later to clean the class room and the blackboard etc. [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] ([[User talk:EusthEnoptEron|talk]]) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)


Don't worry, I'm not going to split hairs!"

(can't understand how this fits in with the rest of the paragraph. split hairs about what?)
: He's not going to search loop holes in his orders. [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] ([[User talk:EusthEnoptEron|talk]]) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)

He wasn't the only one who profited, though. I was also happy. I don't have to adjust myself to others anymore, after all. It's the first time in my life that I enjoyed going to school! I get good grades, I play in the first string, and I am at the center of attention. I have been reborn

(is the switching between past and present tense intentional?)
: Rephrased it a little. Should read more naturally now. [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] ([[User talk:EusthEnoptEron|talk]]) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)


You'll be for the high jump if you thought that, Sagara!" 

(what's the meaning of "in for the high jump"? couldn't find it)
: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be+for+the+high+jump Seems to be a british idiom, but admittedly poorly chosen. Gotta consider a better phrase. [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] ([[User talk:EusthEnoptEron|talk]]) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)


Apparently, she had taken to visiting my school.  

(you mean "got used to" or "started to like" (visiting school)?)
: Nuance-wise "acquired the (bad) habit of...", but yes. [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] ([[User talk:EusthEnoptEron|talk]]) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)

And there's one question in the disscusion of vol. 1 chapter 1 too...--[[User:idiffer|<span style="color:darkred;font:bold 10pt kristen itc">idif</span>]][[User talk:idiffer|<span style="color:darkblack;font:bold 10pt kristen itc">fer</span>]] 12:17, 21 July 2014 (CDT)

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Huh? If my real self is at school, who am I? The guy who's playing games all day at home?

(is the last question like "Am I the guy who's playing blah?" or "who's the guy playing blah?")--[[User:idiffer|<span style="color:darkred;font:bold 10pt kristen itc">idif</span>]][[User talk:idiffer|<span style="color:darkblack;font:bold 10pt kristen itc">fer</span>]] 11:38, 30 July 2014 (CDT)
: The latter is correct. Should be a comma, not a question mark. [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] ([[User talk:EusthEnoptEron|talk]]) 03:20, 2 August 2014 (CDT)