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AppleFanboy Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Dispense with?
Can the nouns such as coffee and cigarette come behind 'dispense with'?
From what I've seen, some of the nouns came after it are formality, necessity, and need.
In my country's translation, 'dispense with' just means that you live a life without sth. So the phrase 'dispense with cigar and coffee' seemed to make sense. But after looking up the English dic, the meaning was to not use sth because "it is not necessary", which was a bit different from the translated meaning.
Thank you in advance!
From what I've seen, some of the nouns came after it are formality, necessity, and need.
In my country's translation, 'dispense with' just means that you live a life without sth. So the phrase 'dispense with cigar and coffee' seemed to make sense. But after looking up the English dic, the meaning was to not use sth because "it is not necessary", which was a bit different from the translated meaning.
Thank you in advance!
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AppleFanboy So the phrase 'dispense with cigar and coffee' seemed to make sense. and nearly went mad that morning! The verb means 'live without''; whether it is unnecessary depends upon the situation.
- AppleFanboy So the phrase 'dispense with cigar and coffee' seemed to make sense.
- and nearly went mad that morning!
- The verb means 'live without''; whether it is unnecessary depends upon the situation.
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AppleFanboy So the phrase 'dispense with cigar and coffee' seemed to make sense.It will in English, too, if you use the plural: He dispensed with cigars and coffee...and nearly went mad that morning!
The verb means 'live without''; whether it is unnecessary depends upon the situation.
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