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Ann225 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Coast through

Hi,

1) When you don't read up on the materials your (let's say economics professsor) gives you and you don't really show up for classes, could I say that you just 'coast through the course'? I know that you can 'coast through life' but I'm not sure if it works here as well.

2) I think that I can say that I need to 'steer my car to the right angle' to be able to park somewhere, but can I also say 'get my car into the right angle' (the angle where it'll be easy for me to pull into a parking space)?

3)"My mom didn't take me shopping with her. However, she bought me a nice pair of jeans so that was some consolation."

Could consolation be used like that?

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Ann225 1) When you don't read up on the materials your (let's say economics professsor) gives you and you don't really show up for classes, could I say that you just 'coast through the course'? I know that you can 'coast through life' but I'm not sure if it works here as well. "coast through the course" implies that you get through the course successfully without any great difficulty or effort.

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  • Ann225 1) When you don't read up on the materials your (let's say economics professsor) gives you and you don't really show up for classes, could I say that you just 'coast through the course'?
  • I know that you can 'coast through life' but I'm not sure if it works here as well.
  • "coast through the course" implies that you get through the course successfully without any great difficulty or effort.
  • It doesn't normally imply that you do no work, though.
  • Ann225 2) I think that I can say that I need to 'steer my car to the right angle' to be able to park somewhere, but can I also say 'get my car into the right angle' (the angle where it'll be easy for me to pull into a parking space)?
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Ann2251) When you don't read up on the materials your (let's say economics professsor) gives you and you don't really show up for classes, could I say that you just 'coast through the course'? I know that you can 'coast through life' but I'm not sure if it works here as well.

"coast through the course" implies that you get through the course successfully wi

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1) When you don't read up on the materials your (let's say economics professor) gives you and you don't really show up for classes, could I say that you just 'coast through the course'? I know that you can 'coast through life' but I'm not sure if it works here as well. Coasting implies that the activity ia easy for you, so you don't bother to work hard.

Consider that coasting o

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1. When you "coast through a course," this means it was very easy for you. It doesn't mean you didn't do any work or skipped all the classes - you might have done all the assignments and shown up for every class.


2. The sentence, "I need to steer my car to the right angle to park somewhere.", is not used in US English.


3. This is okay.

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