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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Idiom "Catch up with"
Hi my EnglishForward friends,
I hope you're enjoying the end of the year. In my country, we have holidays now!!..:-).
Please I just have a question about the idiom "catch up with" . Please what does it mean if I say about someone:
1) His previous sins caught up with him here. Does it mean "What he did in the past have an consequences here for him" ???
2) Could be whatever he was doing there, caught up with him here. Does it mean "maybe because of what he was doing there, have an consequences here for him ??
Can you please check my examples, whether I understood them right ??? Many thanks in advance and happy new year to all of you.
With Regards
JCD
I hope you're enjoying the end of the year. In my country, we have holidays now!!..:-).
Please I just have a question about the idiom "catch up with" . Please what does it mean if I say about someone:
1) His previous sins caught up with him here. Does it mean "What he did in the past have an consequences here for him" ???
2) Could be whatever he was doing there, caught up with him here. Does it mean "maybe because of what he was doing there, have an consequences here for him ??
Can you please check my examples, whether I understood them right ??? Many thanks in advance and happy new year to all of you.
With Regards
JCD
Top answer
Hi, Yes, you have the right general idea. You might be interested in the word 'retribution'. Happy New Year, Clive
- Hi, Yes, you have the right general idea.
- You might be interested in the word 'retribution'.
- Happy New Year, Clive
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Hi,
Yes, you have the right general idea.
You might be interested in the word 'retribution'.
Happy New Year, Clive
Yes, you have the right general idea.
You might be interested in the word 'retribution'.
Happy New Year, Clive
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Hello JC,
I would paraphrase it as: "Someone has found out about his past misdeeds; and those misdeeds will now have present consequences".
If you discover that I stole your wallet 10 years ago, and I'm subsequently arrested, my crime has caught up with me.
Best wishes,
MrP
I would paraphrase it as: "Someone has found out about his past misdeeds; and those misdeeds will now have present consequences".
If you discover that I stole your wallet 10 years ago, and I'm subsequently arrested, my crime has caught up with me.
Best wishes,
MrP
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Many thanks to both of you!
Please Clive, could you describe me what I have written wrong?
Ok, I give it a shot..
Please Clive, could you describe me what I have written wrong?
Ok, I give it a shot..
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Hi,
"maybe because of what he was doing there, have an consequences here for him ??
"Maybe, because of what he did there, there will be consequences for him here."
Maybe he is facing this consequences because of what he was doing there ??
Maybe he is facing these consequences beca
"maybe because of what he was doing there, have an consequences here for him ??
"Maybe, because of what he did there, there will be consequences for him here."
Maybe he is facing this consequences because of what he was doing there ??
Maybe he is facing these consequences beca
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Clive, many thx for your correction.
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....here for him ??
....for him here.
....this consequences.
....these consequences
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....here for him ??
....for him here.
....this consequences.
....these consequences
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Hi,
I used the past continuous in order to express the time duration. Please why do you think that it was wrong?
I wouldn't say it's wrong, as long as you really do have a good reason to use it.
Clive
I used the past continuous in order to express the time duration. Please why do you think that it was wrong?
I wouldn't say it's wrong, as long as you really do have a good reason to use it.
Clive
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