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[Jules Levin]

On 7/4/2011 10:06 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> Goloviznin Konstantin wrote:
>
>> .  But there's a bit of  "hope"  on another meaning of  "making us
>> nervous with your misbehaviour". What's right?
>>
>> The context is here: <http://depositfiles.com/files/oi5xu1do2>
>>
>> ... and thanks in advance, Konstantin.
>
> Seems clear to me in the context that the doctor, as he says, is not 
> convinced that Mac is crazy, but instead thinks he's feigning mental 
> illness in order to be kept in the institution.
>
> There does seem to be an element of pulling their leg -- Mac seems to 
> be having some fun with it, entertaining himself by playing mind games 
> with the doctors (jerking them around). But I don't recognize the 
> alternate meaning you suggest.
>
> I hope I've understood your question correctly.
>
Paul, the alternate meaning Konstantin gives is satisfied by the 
expression "to put off".   Maybe that is the source of the confusion.
Jules Levin

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