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Teo Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Close the desk / the lid of your desk.
1. Close the desk.
2. Close the lid of your desk.
Do sentences # 1 and # 2 have the same meaning?
What does the lid of a desk refer to?
Thanks a lot for your reply.
2. Close the lid of your desk.
Do sentences # 1 and # 2 have the same meaning?
What does the lid of a desk refer to?
Thanks a lot for your reply.
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Hi! When I had just started school we had desks with a kind of a flat box inside, to put our books and things in. You could flip open the whole top of the desk and in that way get access to the box.
- Hi!
- When I had just started school we had desks with a kind of a flat box inside, to put our books and things in.
- You could flip open the whole top of the desk and in that way get access to the box.
- And my mother tells me that when she was a schoolgirl the desks were made together with the benches, so you had to open the desktop in order to get up or sit down.
- Maybe that's the thing you are looking for?
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Hi!
When I had just started school we had desks with a kind of a flat box inside, to put our books and things in. You could flip open the whole top of the desk and in that way get access to the box. And my mother tells me that when she was a schoolgirl the desks were made together with the benches, so you had to open the desktop in order to get up or sit down. Maybe that's the thing you a
When I had just started school we had desks with a kind of a flat box inside, to put our books and things in. You could flip open the whole top of the desk and in that way get access to the box. And my mother tells me that when she was a schoolgirl the desks were made together with the benches, so you had to open the desktop in order to get up or sit down. Maybe that's the thing you a
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I think these might be instructions given by a teacher to his/her pupils - but some years ago.
"Open your desks and take your English book page ***". The books were stored inside the desk, nad the kids used to write on the top/lid of their desk.
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I can remember random desk inspections at school. Woe betide if your desk was not tidy!
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Teo1. Close the desk."Lid" seems redundant. It seems enough to say "open/close the desk".
2. Close the lid of your desk.
Do sentences # 1 and # 2 have the same meaning?
What does the lid of a desk refer to?
Thanks a lot for your reply.
MrP
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