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Text messages may reveal motive for bus murder
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5 u9 V3 e+ t4 z; n/ r! rWe may have the first hint of a motive for the shocking murder on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba last week.

Infomation obtained by iNews 880 and the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper suggests an incident involving a woman brought victim Tim McLean and accused killer Vince Li together.
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The information given to us said at the stopover in Brandon, an Asian Guy had been hitting on a girl that Tim knew on the bus and that Tim told him to "lay off".
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; S' X# x( e  }  l0 M- K, V" [) l4 XThe Winnipeg Free Press suggests Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba.
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+ _8 {2 {4 ~% h+ x5 S& y6 rThe pair seemed friendly but as the bus resumed its ill-fated journey towards Winnipeg, Li suddenly moved to the back of the bus and sat down beside McLean, who was listening to his headphones and apparently asleep.
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3 c5 {6 y/ s, g2 x, A3 _$ e8 kAnswers:

. N' f. R9 }  {) y; Y0 V& y" ^Chat up -- Talk flirtatiously to, as in Leave it to Charlie to chat up the girls. This usage is mostly but not entirely British. [Late 1800s]
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Hit on -- Make sexual advances to someone, especially unwanted ones, as in You can't go into that bar without being hit on. [Slang; mid-1900s]
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9 v" `$ f0 B5 M% q& HLay off –- 1. Stop doing something, quit, as in Lay off that noise for a minute, so the baby can get to sleep, or She resolved to lay off smoking. [Early 1900s] ;
6 Y; a! `/ ?* x' E' E3 |( z& r: [          2. Stop bothering or annoying someone, as in Lay off or I'll tell the teacher. [Slang; c. 1900]

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irish

就是说有动机了？可以定一级谋杀。

織紗千影

Thanks for sharing