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Papaboo Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Case/situation/occasion/circumstance/condition
Hello
I don't quite understand the differences between these five words.
Can you please tell me?
Thanks.
I don't quite understand the differences between these five words.
Can you please tell me?
Thanks.
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Hi, case : The police isn't able to solve the case where an unknown man killed his children because they didn't wanted to deal with him anymore. situation : He's in a very difficult situation occasion :This slack period would be a good occasion to take inventory. circumstance :His arrival was a fortunate circumstance.
- Hi, case : The police isn't able to solve the case where an unknown man killed his children because they didn't wanted to deal with him anymore.
- situation : He's in a very difficult situation occasion :This slack period would be a good occasion to take inventory.
- circumstance :His arrival was a fortunate circumstance.
- condition :He was reported to be in critical condition With these sentences it should be easy to guess their different meaning.
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Hi,
case: The police isn't able to solve the case where an unknown man killed his children because they didn't wanted to deal with him anymore.
situation: He's in a very difficult situation
occasion:This slack period would be a good occasion to take inventory.
circumstance:His arrival was a fortunate circumstance.
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case: The police isn't able to solve the case where an unknown man killed his children because they didn't wanted to deal with him anymore.
situation: He's in a very difficult situation
occasion:This slack period would be a good occasion to take inventory.
circumstance:His arrival was a fortunate circumstance.
conditi
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They can often have similar meanings but one is usually preferred over the others in a given situation.
Rather than trying to remember the definitions for each of the words, try to find them used in sentences. This will take some time and effort on your part but pretty soon you should be able to distinguish between them.
Rather than trying to remember the definitions for each of the words, try to find them used in sentences. This will take some time and effort on your part but pretty soon you should be able to distinguish between them.
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Thanks, but that's why I asked how you use them.
In my language, they all have one equivalent, so distinguishing between them may be very very difficult at times.
Let me build some sentences, and correct me if I'm wrong.
-I'm in a very bad situation.
-In this case, we'd better use the word 'go'.
-The city is really in a bad condition.
-I'll write it when I f
In my language, they all have one equivalent, so distinguishing between them may be very very difficult at times.
Let me build some sentences, and correct me if I'm wrong.
-I'm in a very bad situation.
-In this case, we'd better use the word 'go'.
-The city is really in a bad condition.
-I'll write it when I f
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