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Magda Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Illness

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00Does "come upon sb" mean "attack/get"? How can I replace this expression?02br
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00"... when the illness came upon her". 02br
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0 01i 00happened to her02i 00:02br 02br 00 - 01b 00come upon02b 00 01b 00:02b 00 to meet or find 01font 00by chance02font 00 01b 00:02b 00 come across <01i 00came upon02i 00 an old friend> 0-

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  • 0 01i 00happened to her02i 00:02br 02br 00 - 01b 00come upon02b 00 01b 00:02b 00 to meet or find 01font 00by chance02font 00 01b 00:02b 00 come across <01i 00came upon02i 00 an old friend> 0-
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0 01i00happened to her02i00:02br
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0 Thanks. Does it make sense? Can you meet an illness? 0-
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01cite10Magda12cite10Thanks. Does it make sense? Can you meet an illness? 12br
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10No, except poetically, but that's wasn't my translation. See my first line. 02br
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01i00When she by chance got her illness.02i02br
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0 So, "an illness happened to her" would be correct?0-
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00 ... . The ultimate 01b00illness happened02b00 to our family friend Ethel ...02br
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00June 5, 1994 - 00By PATRICIA VOLK00 00(NYT)00 - 00Travel0240hrefhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=990DE0DA133BF936A35755C0A962958260cIs There a Medecin in the Hous
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