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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Crossed over, off (place)
ttari (Amritsar), Jan 2 (PTI) India today repatriated 31 Pakistani fishermen, including three children, to their home country through the Indo-Pak border here. They were brought to the Indo-Pak Joint Check Post in the morning from Bhuj jail in Gujarat for repatriation, said an official at the border.
They finally crossed over in the evening after a Pakistani High Commission official from the national capital arrived with Emergency Travel Certificates, he said. These fishermen were caught fishing illegally in Indian waters off Gujarat and had served jail terms for periods ranging from six months to one-and-half year.
Earlier, on December 26, Pakistan had freed 100 Indian fishermen, including nine teenagers, and they had come over through the Attari border.
Could you please tell me what the emboldened parts mean?
I guess, though, "off" means 'near' in this context.
Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100102/1416/tnl-india-repatriates-31-pakistani-fishe.html
They finally crossed over in the evening after a Pakistani High Commission official from the national capital arrived with Emergency Travel Certificates, he said. These fishermen were caught fishing illegally in Indian waters off Gujarat and had served jail terms for periods ranging from six months to one-and-half year.
Earlier, on December 26, Pakistan had freed 100 Indian fishermen, including nine teenagers, and they had come over through the Attari border.
Could you please tell me what the emboldened parts mean?
I guess, though, "off" means 'near' in this context.
Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100102/1416/tnl-india-repatriates-31-pakistani-fishe.html
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To cross over means actually to cross something. For instance to cross a street. In this context it means that they crossed over to the place where they were caught fishing.
- To cross over means actually to cross something.
- For instance to cross a street.
- In this context it means that they crossed over to the place where they were caught fishing.
- So in other words, they went to the fishing place.
- off: Yes , you can interpret it as near
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To cross over means actually to cross something. For instance to cross a street.
In this context it means that they crossed over to the place where they were caught fishing. So in other words, they went to the fishing place.
off: Yes , you can interpret it as near
In this context it means that they crossed over to the place where they were caught fishing. So in other words, they went to the fishing place.
off: Yes , you can interpret it as near
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Hi,
They finally crossed over the border in the evening.
In other words, they returned to Pakistan.
Clive
As already noted, 'off' means near. But only in the context of water, not of land.
Clivean
They finally crossed over the border in the evening.
In other words, they returned to Pakistan.
Clive
As already noted, 'off' means near. But only in the context of water, not of land.
Clivean
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