Shanghai# EnglishChat - 鸟语花香
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also : to trick or force into an undesirable position
Example sentence:
"I'm being shanghaied!" cried Uncle Jim at the family picnic
when Aunt Marie pulled him away from the volleyball game to
start the barbecue.
Did you know?
In the 1800s, long sea voyages were very difficult and dangerous,
so people were understandably hesitant to become sailors.
But sea captains and shipping companies needed crews to sail their ships,
so they gathered sailors any way they could even if
that meant resorting to
Example sentence:
"I'm being shanghaied!" cried Uncle Jim at the family picnic
when Aunt Marie pulled him away from the volleyball game to
start the barbecue.
Did you know?
In the 1800s, long sea voyages were very difficult and dangerous,
so people were understandably hesitant to become sailors.
But sea captains and shipping companies needed crews to sail their ships,
so they gathered sailors any way they could even if
that meant resorting to
