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Text messages may reveal motive for bus murder
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) K% Q. \- E1 ~% \3 @, RWe may have the first hint of a motive for the shocking murder on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba last week.
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: A/ e. x! \7 I- V# V- ^Infomation obtained by iNews 880 and the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper suggests an incident involving a woman brought victim Tim McLean and accused killer Vince Li together.
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0 L, c  s' Q9 T9 H0 G) s8 hThe information given to us said at the stopover in Brandon, an Asian Guy had been hitting on a girl that Tim knew on the bus and that Tim told him to "lay off".

5 Z" Q0 r9 ~7 s  k3 r7 M* c8 TThe Winnipeg Free Press suggests Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba.

3 j8 |) D4 |) j2 {3 x- SThe pair seemed friendly but as the bus resumed its ill-fated journey towards Winnipeg, Li suddenly moved to the back of the bus and sat down beside McLean, who was listening to his headphones and apparently asleep.
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$ u" i) G- d1 w) V7 H$ ]# o. {  d) z3 XAnswers:

Chat up -- Talk flirtatiously to, as in Leave it to Charlie to chat up the girls. This usage is mostly but not entirely British. [Late 1800s]

Hit on -- Make sexual advances to someone, especially unwanted ones, as in You can't go into that bar without being hit on. [Slang; mid-1900s]
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5 h, V# k! p4 h8 Z3 uLay off –- 1. Stop doing something, quit, as in Lay off that noise for a minute, so the baby can get to sleep, or She resolved to lay off smoking. [Early 1900s] ;
' i$ J1 S' l# k0 Q( w$ p3 h          2. Stop bothering or annoying someone, as in Lay off or I'll tell the teacher. [Slang; c. 1900]

' N) d5 P# ?' {3 q/ w1 o* G[ 本帖最后由 卜兆吉尚活 于 2008-8-5 15:11 编辑 ]

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irish

就是说有动机了？可以定一级谋杀。

織紗千影

Thanks for sharing