>>>>>Just like they have "subpoenaed" a witness... what, "underpunished"? Because "sub poena" means literally that, "under punishment".
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>>>>Ah, but I guess the implication is; "Come and be a witness - under punishment of imprisonment if you fail"
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>>>That surely is the implication, but they made "under punishment" a transitive verb :).
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>>I dig that in English though. Like "This process will take too long so I'll over-night it", or "Just for once I'd like to eat lunch in a restaurant; I'm sick of brown-bagging"
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>Don't you mean you'd like to 'do' lunch in a restaurant?

isn't that an expression only for american business people or "ladies who lunch"? I hate that expression. I'm not too keen on people describing places they've been like "Yeah, we did Turkey last year", like it's a chore that needs to be got out the way.