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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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A real waste!
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Both are just as important
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Far from being alone, you are in good company
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FAR TOO SHORT = too short by half, excessively short, you had never expected that time to be so short, you would have liked it to have lasted longer. FAR lays emphasis on the idea of excessive shortness
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The right time blended with the right place should always bring forth the best results
I couldn't agree more with JMV
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Used to + verb = would + verb Both can be used for a habit in the past, Simple Past can also be used for a habitual action in the past but it is not as specific as the others
Would is not used to refer to states in the past which are no longer true: This building used to be a school ten years ago. (would is impossible here)
Would is followed by actions not states.- Used to may be followed by both states and actions.- eg. used to be, used to like, used to swim BUT would swim,
B. His clear brown eyes looking up into mine.... is an absolute clause
C. But that was yesterday ... without any context means just that, you refer to something that happened yesterday and has no connection whatsoever with today
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No bridge too far VOLUNTEER Gurkhas proved there is no such thing as a bridge too far by successfully completing one of the most gruelling tasks undertaken by military engineers in peacetime. The 89 soldiers from the Queen's Gurkha Engineer Regiment return to their base in Hong Kong today after restoring Nepal's main road link as part of Britain's disaster relief aid to the flood-hit Himalayan country. ("[Belfast Telegraph]. World affairs material)
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An army marches on its stomach
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bored stiff = also bored to death/tears (informal) Either because there's nothing interesting to do, to watch on TV, etc or because you feel time hangs heavy on your hands through having nothing to do
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She believed that an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
KEEPS is all right because it refers to something regarded as true, a timeless truth
This truth might be extended to:
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away and a raw onion a day keeps everyone else away" (Just a bit of humour)
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