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Nhật Bình Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Grammar structure

1. The learning to be complete, thus, requires an ability to observe and analyse the surroundings, both their glamour and brutality.

Could you explain to me the phrase in italic?

2. It's time the boss........for the next meeting.

A. Must leave

B. Should have left

C. Was leaving

D. Were to leave.

The key is C. Why is it?

3. Either you or some else in the staff......responsible for the reception at the next conference.

A. Is

B. Have to be

C. Are

D. Ought to have been

Is the correct answer C?

  

Top answer

t Bình 1. The learning to be complete, thus, requires an ability to observe and analyse the surroundings, both their glamour and brutality. It is very literary English and quite old-fashioned.

  • t Bình 1.
  • The learning to be complete, thus, requires an ability to observe and analyse the surroundings, both their glamour and brutality.
  • It is very literary English and quite old-fashioned.
  • Here is a paraphrase.
  • You will know when your learning is complete when you have the ability to closely observe the environment around you.
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Nh?t Bình1. The learning to be complete, thus, requires an ability to observe and analyse the surroundings, both their glamour and brutality.

It is very literary English and quite old-fashioned. Here is a paraphrase.

You will know when your learning is complete when you have the ability to closely observe the environment around you.

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Nh?t Bình2. It's time

The textbook answer is to use the past tense after the idiom "It's time" or "It's high time".

Quite frankly, it's time you learned to cook something besides chicken stir-fry.
It's high time we stopped framing work-and-family discussions as women's issues.
It's time Granholm grabbed the mike and told the

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