If any information rings a bell, it causes you to remember something. What someone is telling you is vaguely familiar. If a phrase or a word, especially a name, rings a bell, you think you have heard it before.
2. - Does the name of a TV series “Dexter” ring a bell?
- Is that the child scientist who has a laboratory in the
basement of his parents’ home?
- No… you’re talking about the cartoon for kids. I’m talking
about the serial killer who kills killers.
3. If someone tells me the name of a movie in Portuguese, sometimes I don’t recognize it. If I have a vague idea, then I say, “That rings a bell… could you describe what happens in the movie?” If something in the movie - especially the names of actors - sounds familiar, then it will be easier to figure out the name of the movie.
- Is that the child scientist who has a laboratory in the
basement of his parents’ home?
- No… you’re talking about the cartoon for kids. I’m talking
about the serial killer who kills killers.
3. If someone tells me the name of a movie in Portuguese, sometimes I don’t recognize it. If I have a vague idea, then I say, “That rings a bell… could you describe what happens in the movie?” If something in the movie - especially the names of actors - sounds familiar, then it will be easier to figure out the name of the movie.
That phrasal verb rings a bell, but I can't seem to remember.
ReplyDeleteHaha, yes, that happens a lot! There are so many phrasal verbs that look and sound so similar!
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