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- act different differently - WordReference Forums
Dear all, There was a big earthquake in the country and many people regret that if they had known beforehand the big one would come, they could have acted (differently different) and saved more lives I made up the sentence It seems to me that both act "different" and "differently" are
- quite a different story - WordReference Forums
How would you translate quite in the above? I guess it is emphatic - i e a different story entirely completely? What do you think? I would say perhaps: cuenta otra historia enteramente How does that sound to you?
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- Different ways of saying etc. | WordReference Forums
When the reader can’t know what’s being omitted and it’s not clear that there are more items in the list, etc may signal laziness or dishonesty In lazy moments, some writers use etc when they know of only one or two examples but want to create the impression that there are more Any engaged reader can see through this trick
- Several different plural forms: which one to use in general?
Hi, many arabic nouns do have several different plural forms In some cases my dictionary (Hans Wehr) makes explicit that they have different meanings (like بيوت, أبيات - بيت or بلاد, بلدان - بلد) but quite often they are simply listed without any further comment Examples of the latter case
- Different pronunciation for the same word [protest]
The different emphases (which is what you mean by accent) are important since if you put the strong stress on a word, the person you are talking to may have difficulty in understanding you For example (wrong stress): Do you have any rec ord of this? Will you per mit me to do this? It is common for the verb to have the stress on the last syllable (of two) and the noun to have the stress on the
- fuck you fuck off | WordReference Forums
Topic phrases: fuck you fuck off Added by Cagey, moderator Sorry for this stupid question but what's the difference between these 2 expressions?
- from of different nationalities - WordReference Forums
Hi Twilli, Students of 10 different nationalities Edit: I see Tinlizzy has changed the wording of your question Either would be correct
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