How not to train your cat

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23 thoughts on “How not to train your cat”

BernarDino says:

31/12/2017 at 13:01

Clawed curtains……..

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1. BernarDino says:
  
  31/12/2017 at 13:02
  
  Buona fine e Ottimo Inizio dell’anno NUOVO. Augurissimi Professor Lawson.
  
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  1. Tony says:
    
    31/12/2017 at 13:52
    
    Thank you, Dino! All the best to you, too!
    
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2. Tony says:
  
  31/12/2017 at 13:51
  
  Well done, Dino! You’re the first to get it!
  
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Maria says:

29/12/2017 at 23:48

“Clothed courtains” perhaps?

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1. Maria says:
  
  29/12/2017 at 23:49
  
  Clothed curtains
  
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  1. Tony says:
    
    30/12/2017 at 06:17
    
    Nice try, Maria. “Clothed” is an interesting idea. In effect what you need is a part participle used as an adjective, like “clothed” but that has a meaning which is useful in this context. Think of the kind of damage that a cat can do in a house, especially to curtains and carpets and what it uses to do that damage…
    
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    1. Maria says:
      
      30/12/2017 at 10:34
      
      Thank you Mr Lawson, I supponed it. I had thought to verbs as “to climb”, “to scratch”, “to tear” but these aren’t well in their form of past participle. Can you help us about the solution? 🙂
      
      ps: meanwhile I’m testing my english. Please, you correct my text 🙂
      
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      1. Tony says:
        
        31/12/2017 at 14:36
        
        What do cats use to scratch? Could this also be a verb?
        
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      2. Tony says:
        
        31/12/2017 at 14:40
        
        “I supposed so. I had thought of verbs such as “to climb”, “to scratch”, “to tear”, but these aren’t good in their past participle form. Can you help us with the solution?
        
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roberta says:

28/12/2017 at 17:50

HI 🙂
what about “Clod curtains”

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1. Tony says:
  
  28/12/2017 at 18:05
  
  Hi Roberta. Nice try but you need to think again regards the first name…
  “Curtains” is good.
  “Clod” is close in sound but not ‘long’ enough.
  Also, we must have some useful significance!
  
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  1. roberta says:
    
    29/12/2017 at 12:27
    
    yeah in fact it hasn,t got any ,indeed!!
    I also thought it could be ‘closed’ but actually there’s no ‘s’ …
    
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  2. Tony says:
    
    29/12/2017 at 12:36
    
    Think of the kind of damage that a cat can do in a house, especially to curtains and carpets…
    Think also of past participles used as adjectives…
    
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    1. roberta says:
      
      30/12/2017 at 13:07
      
      nothing…I have to think about it!
      
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      1. Tony says:
        
        30/12/2017 at 15:33
        
        Think of something that cats have that can cause damage and can also be a verb…
        
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        roberta says:
        
        05/08/2018 at 12:00
        
        I’ve got it prof! ” Clawed curtains” of course!!!!
        
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        Tony says:
        
        05/08/2018 at 14:11
        
        Okay! 🙂
        
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        roberta says:
        
        05/08/2018 at 14:23
        
        🙂
        
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BernarDino says:

28/12/2017 at 14:48

CLOUD CURTAINS (Cortina di nuvole????)

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1. Tony says:
  
  28/12/2017 at 17:23
  
  “Curtains” is good but your pronunciation of the author’s first name is too Italian!
  
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Giuseppe says:

28/12/2017 at 13:56

Cloud curtains

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1. Tony says:
  
  28/12/2017 at 17:23
  
  “Curtains” is good but your pronunciation of the author’s first name is too Italian!
  
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