Please , could you help me?
Hi, there

I really need you help with a few questions, please, could you help me?

1) A man is going to a dance with a recently divorced woman, and he says to his friend: "She is ready to get at it." What does it mean? Get at it
2) Do you clear your name out of or off the police database? or "the police's database"?
3) Can I say "SUCH HIGH/SUCH A HIGH expenditure is bound to badly hurt/hurt badly/do serious damage to the public coffers"? what could I say?

Thank you!!

Question

Please , could you help me?
Hi, there

I really need you help with a few questions, please, could you help me?

1) A man is going to a dance with a recently divorced woman, and he says to his friend: "She is ready to get at it." What does it mean?  Get at it
2) Do you clear your name out of or off the police database? or "the police's database"?
3) Can I say "SUCH HIGH/SUCH A HIGH expenditure is bound to badly hurt/hurt badly/do serious damage to the public coffers"? what could I say?

Thank you!!

Answer

Hi there, 
question 1: in this situation 'get at it', the 'it'  refers to sexual intercourse/kissing/ other 'sexy' stuff. 
question 2: I would say 'out of' because it is referring to a database and we can not take things 'off' a data base' (you can however, have your name cleared 'off' a list. furthermore, I would say 'police database', you do not need to indicate possession in this case. 
question 3: 
 Either say "such a high expenditure...." or  "high expenditure" 
is 'bound to do serious damage' or 'is bound to badly hurt'

I hope this helped, feel free to ask for more clarification.

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