split

English translation: share / divide

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English term or phrase:	split
Selected answer:	share / divide
Entered by:	Tony M

14:10 Nov 23, 2014

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English term or phrase: split

Hello everyone,

From the TV show titled Extreme Cheapskates.

Raul Pinto: We love Diners, you know. New Jersey’s the Diner capital of the world. So it’s a pretty regular habit for us to go to Diners.

Monica: Going to a Diner with my dad is the most embarrassing thing ever. He and my mother, they get coffee and they **split** it, and then they get unlimited refills. We all have to get waters.

Does "split" meam "spill"? Or does it imply that her mother and dad divide coffee between themselves?

Thank you.

Mikhail Korolev KudoZ activity Questions: 2415 (none open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 130
Local time: 12:31

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Explanation:
Yes, I believe it means they buy just one coffee between them; with the 'bottomless coffee' principle, where ordering one coffee entitles you to unlimited free refills, it's easy to buy just one coffee yet have enough for two people (or indeed the whole family, if you take it to the extreme!)

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Sorry, my answer was in FR: it does indeed mean that they buy just one coffee and then, thanks to the refills, they can share it between them.

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Tony M
France
Local time: 11:31

Grading comment

Many thanks to everyone.

Thank you, Tony.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +8

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Tony M

4 +1

mother and dad divide one coffee between themselves

airmailrpl

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

Tony M
France
Local time: 11:31
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 309

Grading comment

Many thanks to everyone.

Thank you, Tony.

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

they get coffee and they **split** it mother and dad divide one coffee between themselves

Explanation:
they get coffee and they **split** it => mother and dad divide one coffee between themselves

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 06:31
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Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 88

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