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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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It's time to start over.
It's time to start over.
It's time to start all over again.
It's time to turn over a new leaf.
The above three versions are almost identical in meaning to me, but I'm not very sure. So I need your comments. Thanks.
It's time to start all over again.
It's time to turn over a new leaf.
The above three versions are almost identical in meaning to me, but I'm not very sure. So I need your comments. Thanks.
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-- anything: a project, a career, a board game It's time to start all over again. -- some exasperation about the project, career or board game It's time to turn over a new leaf. -- a change in personality.
- -- anything: a project, a career, a board game It's time to start all over again.
- -- some exasperation about the project, career or board game It's time to turn over a new leaf.
- -- a change in personality.
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It's time to start over.-- anything: a project, a career, a board game
It's time to start all over again.-- some exasperation about the project, career or board game
It's time to turn over a new leaf. -- a change in personality.
It's time to start all over again.-- some exasperation about the project, career or board game
It's time to turn over a new leaf. -- a change in personality.
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Mister MicawberIt's time to start over.-- anything: a project, a career, a board game
It's time to start all over again.-- some exasperation about the project, career or board game
It's time to turn over a new leaf. -- a change in personality.
Thanks, Mister.
But I still don't get the second version--wh
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Marius Hancu"all" is an intensifier, thus the exasperationThanks, Marius.
But sometimes if my memory doesn't fail me, this expression doesn't imply "exasperation" in some cases, right?
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