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Newguest Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
A chance not to be missed/didn't do to be proud
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A man and a woman talked to each other. The man wanted to give her a present but she didn't want it. However some time later the woman:
... realized suddenly that here was a chance not to be missed. It didn’t do to be proud.
I'm not sure I know how to interpret that bolded part? But I think that "It didn't do to be proud" means "It doesn't pay to be proud"?
Thanks
A man and a woman talked to each other. The man wanted to give her a present but she didn't want it. However some time later the woman:
... realized suddenly that here was a chance not to be missed. It didn’t do to be proud.
I'm not sure I know how to interpret that bolded part? But I think that "It didn't do to be proud" means "It doesn't pay to be proud"?
Thanks
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Newguest a chance not to be missed an opportunity that should be taken, that should be agreed to, that should not be allowed to pass without taking advantage of it. Newguest It didn’t do to be proud. It was bad form to be proud.
- Newguest a chance not to be missed an opportunity that should be taken, that should be agreed to, that should not be allowed to pass without taking advantage of it.
- Newguest It didn’t do to be proud.
- It was bad form to be proud.
- It was inappropriate to be proud.
- Being proud was not the right thing to do.
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Newguesta chance not to be missedan opportunity that should be taken, that should be agreed to, that should not be allowed to pass without taking advantage of it.
NewguestIt didn’t do to be proud.It was bad form to be proud. It was inappropriate to be proud. Being proud was not the right thing to do.
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