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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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came to know LaBeouf through Holes
0 Both actor Jon Voight and producer Steven Spielberg 01 b 00 came to 02 b 00 know LaBeouf through Holes. 02 br
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00 Hi, 02 br
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00 Could I replace "came to" in the above with 'got to?" Does it mean "finally had the chance to know ...?" Thanks. 0-
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00 Hi, 02 br
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00 Could I replace "came to" in the above with 'got to?" Does it mean "finally had the chance to know ...?" Thanks. 0-
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0 "came to know" and "got to know" are pretty much the same thing. 0-
- 0 "came to know" and "got to know" are pretty much the same thing.
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0 "came to know" and "got to know" are pretty much the same thing. They are used when you are about to say how people met and started to form a relationship. 0-
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0 IMO: 02 br
00 got to know (I see no implication of "finally," that would need to be explicitly added) 0-
00 got to know (I see no implication of "finally," that would need to be explicitly added) 0-
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0 Thanks, ytsirk and Marius. 02 br
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00 To make sure, does 'came to" in the base sentence mean "had the chance to?" If not, would you give a concise rephrase so that I can get it easily? Thanks. 0-
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00 To make sure, does 'came to" in the base sentence mean "had the chance to?" If not, would you give a concise rephrase so that I can get it easily? Thanks. 0-
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