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Ronald375 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
I must be off
Hallo, someone says: 'the train leaves in one hour, so I must be off'.
Does this mean that he should leave at the time of speaking, or that, at the time of speaking, he should already have been on his way to the station, in other words to state that he's already (too) late ...
Thanx!
Does this mean that he should leave at the time of speaking, or that, at the time of speaking, he should already have been on his way to the station, in other words to state that he's already (too) late ...
Thanx!
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ronald375 I must be off = I have to leave ~ I have to go Nothing to do with being late. He may be late, but saying "I must be off" doesn't mean he's late. He has to add "because I'm late" in order to say that he's late, or in danger of being late.
- ronald375 I must be off = I have to leave ~ I have to go Nothing to do with being late.
- He may be late, but saying "I must be off" doesn't mean he's late.
- He has to add "because I'm late" in order to say that he's late, or in danger of being late.
- CJ
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ronald375I must be off= I have to leave ~ I have to go
Nothing to do with being late. He may be late, but saying "I must be off" doesn't mean he's late. He has to add "because I'm late" in order to say that he's late, or in danger of being late.
CJ
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