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Nathan mckane Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

It's about time we won the game

Hi
Do the following sentences carry the same meaning?

It's about time we won the game.
We are about to win the game.

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Hi nathan mckane Do the following sentences carry the same meaning? Not quite. It's about time we won the game.

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  • Hi nathan mckane Do the following sentences carry the same meaning?
  • Not quite.
  • It's about time we won the game.
  • => It's about time / It's high time is a fixed phrase used to say that you something should happen (or be done) soon, almost complaining because that thing should already have happened (or been done) or regretting the fact that it hasn't already happened (or been done).
  • key=high*16+0&dict=I ; Oxford ; Longman ) We are about to win the game => this is simply a prediction: we are going to win.
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Hi
nathan mckaneDo the following sentences carry the same meaning?
Not quite.

It's about time we won the game. => It's about time / It's high time is a fixed phrase used to say that you something should happen (or be done) soon, almost complaining because that thing should already have happened (or been done) or
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