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Hhtt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

confront [go close to someone in a threatening way]

"The guard on duty was confronted by an armed man."

I cannot figure out what this sentence refers to?

And would you like to give alternative ways to how we would say it, retaining the meaning?

Thank you.
  

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hhtt refers to It refers to the action in the story. hhtt And would you like to give alternative ways to how we would say it, retaining the meaning? An armed man approached the guard.

— Mister Micawber

  • hhtt refers to It refers to the action in the story.
  • hhtt And would you like to give alternative ways to how we would say it, retaining the meaning?
  • An armed man approached the guard.
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hhttrefers to
It refers to the action in the story.
hhttAnd would you like to give alternative ways to how we would say it, retaining the meaning?
An armed man approached the guard.
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In an active way, can we say " The guard on duty faced to an armed man." or " The guard on duty encountered an armed man." Do these two retain the meaning of the original?

Thank you.
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You can say these:

The guard on duty faced an armed man.
The guard on duty encountered an armed man.
hhttDo these two retain the meaning of the original?
Roughly.
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Mister MicawberYou can say these:The guard on duty faced an armed man.The guard on duty encountered an armed man.hhttDo these two retain the meaning of the original?Roughly.
Does "An armed man approached the guard." have the identical meaning as the original? That is are confront and approach synonyms here and fit not roughly but exactly here?
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No two of the sentences are exactly the same; they are all roughly the same.
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Are these three sentence identical? Which of them would be idiomatic as well?

1) we crept downstairs with baseball bats in hand to confront the prowler

2) we crept downstairs with baseball bats in hand to face boldly to the prowler

3) we crept downstairs with baseball bats in hand to oppose the prowler

Thank you.
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Are these three sentences identical? Which of them would be idiomatic as well?

1) We crept downstairs with baseball bats in hand to confront the prowler.
Fine, as corrected. It means that you are expecting to have a row. You expect that the prowler will not run away.

2) We crept downstairs with baseball bats in hand to face boldly to the
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AlpheccaStars2) We crept downstairs with baseball bats in hand to face boldly to the prowler.Fine, as corrected. It means that you are prepared to have a row. The prowler might see you and run away.3) We crept downstairs with baseball bats in hand to oppose the prowler.Not very common.
For 2 how would we use "boldly" in the sentence

Is 3 gramma
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hhttFor 2 how would we use "boldly" in the sentence
Creep and boldly are incompatible.

Flailing our baseball bats and screaming ****** murder, we barged down the stairs to boldly face the intruder.
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hhttIs 3 grammatically correct but not idiomatic?
Oppose is used for contests such as sports, politics, and debates.
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