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Sarah Connor

So, it's from the future, is that right?

— The Terminator  ·  1984

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Sarah repeats an extraordinary claim in the form of a request for confirmation. The question checks that the idea has been understood correctly without yet explaining her response to it. Its everyday phrasing gives the possibility of something arriving from the future a briefly matter-of-fact shape.

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