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land

Date: Mar 06 2008

Themes: Pop Culture

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“Oh, I’m not trying to land him.”

- Julia Roberts doesn’t really want to be with Richard Gere. (Pretty Woman)

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

get; win

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

When you travel, do you ever worry about your plane landing safely? Do you hope and pray the pilot will land the plane smoothly? Or do you worry about landing other things?

Sure, normally, it takes a pilot to land something. But average people can land things, too. Whenever you get something great, you can say you landed it. Richard Gere is great, but Julia Roberts’ character in Pretty Woman did not want to land him, which is to say did not want to marry him.

Richard Gere might be someone you’d want to land, but maybe you’d like to land something more realistic, like a good job. One of the most common uses of land is to land a job. It’s so common that it’s hardly even slang anymore and it’s appropriate in any context, including business. But slang isn’t all business. So tell us, what would you like to land?

A hot date, maybe?

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“How did you land such a great apartment?”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

it means to end up with someone.
by sakuralanguage
 bear I think the "land" word means that be in love with sb,and you want to get him or her.
by bear
傻乐ing boy merry
by 傻乐ing boy
Dannyel "when a person is winning over another person..."
by Dannyel
jojodine To land someone is to let him be atracted in you romantically; to let him/her fall for you.
by jojodine
birsencan possess someone..trying to have power on someone..
by birsencan
to be with him
by curious_kimia
saudigirl to succeed in obtaining sth..:)
by saudigirl
Obey build a relatinship,connect with
by Obey
evilbird fall in love with sb
by evilbird
walixy marry
by walixy
cooleric be friendly with, or love him
by cooleric
she don't wish him to be with her .
by senior electronics engineer
Not trying to win or secure him
by kaushalyats
hutbiti maybe to land it means to get
by hutbiti

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Josh K

Josh K

Guatemala

i want land with nice look girl.

01:44 AM Mar 10 2008 |

farhangzrary

Iraq

acutely i want ti land my work.or get it better than now

04:50 PM Mar 09 2008 |

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ngoctruong

ngoctruong

Viet Nam

Thanks for your slang. It is new word for to study more slangs.

02:24 PM Mar 09 2008 |

lamloma

lamloma

Syrian Arab Republic

i wish to land a great job after grduation

05:37 PM Mar 08 2008 |

kiojohn

kiojohn

China

May i can land everything that i want. and maybe a pretty good girlfriend!
Huh!

02:34 PM Mar 08 2008 |

Sunboy0075

Bangladesh

Hi
Julia Roberts
Land to my port!!

12:27 PM Mar 08 2008 |

sameer11983

India

good 1

08:51 AM Mar 08 2008 |

smiyia

smiyia

China

Work hard and stick to it, u can land something, and u will thanks to it…

08:50 AM Mar 08 2008 |

Sabrine

Sabrine

China

I want to land a good guy

03:00 AM Mar 08 2008 |

Luichi

Luichi

Argentina

I’d like to land a good job in Europe, in a cosmopolitan place where I can practice English and meet people.

03:25 PM Mar 07 2008 |

yueyuezhu

yueyuezhu

China

to make it by our struggle?

07:42 AM Mar 07 2008 |

Leonardop

Colombia

I really want to land a job at Cisco Systems, fortunately I’m working to get that :)

02:23 AM Mar 07 2008 |

Miss_Diana

Miss_Diana

Zimbabwe

I finished my work so good and fast that I thought I would land a raise, but I just landed a raise of work… :P

12:51 AM Mar 07 2008 |

guide_oshman

Turkey

I will marry this summer. I’m waiting everybody

10:45 PM Mar 06 2008 |

daya81

daya81

Iraq

hiii
I want to land great girl friend

09:32 PM Mar 06 2008 |

SÉRGIO

SÉRGIO

Brazil

yeah! to be landed for many ladies! haha!

07:48 PM Mar 06 2008 |

**LoLa*

**LoLa*

Belgium

i would like to land smthing that can make me little happy

07:46 PM Mar 06 2008 |

goharap

goharap

Pakistan

I want to land money from bank,but the bank stuff not give money for land.

06:17 PM Mar 06 2008 |

ferapuc

ferapuc

Italy

1

04:49 PM Mar 06 2008 |

ahgulef

ahgulef

Algeria

I would like to land any sworm flying and of course land him inside a new hive..that was a nice movie!!

04:44 PM Mar 06 2008 |

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