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D_say Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
No good !!!
Hi friends,
Could you please explain the use of "no good"... ?
"I began to worry, for I dreamed I had forgotten the words which would open the combination locks. I tried hard to remember but it was no good"
Thanks
d_say
Could you please explain the use of "no good"... ?
"I began to worry, for I dreamed I had forgotten the words which would open the combination locks. I tried hard to remember but it was no good"
Thanks
d_say
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unsuccessful
- unsuccessful
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Mister Micawber thank you so much.
Could you please assist me how can I learn such techniques to understand the sense of the sentence instead of concentrating on common use such as we use good for something useful.
I just understand is that
No good = something is not good
but how come it can be taken for unsuccessful ?
Could you please assist me how can I learn such techniques to understand the sense of the sentence instead of concentrating on common use such as we use good for something useful.
I just understand is that
No good = something is not good
but how come it can be taken for unsuccessful ?
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It is idiomatic.
I tried hard to remember but remembering was not good.
I tried hard to remember but remembering was no good.
I tried hard to remember but it was no good.
From perhaps these definitions of 'good':
sufficient or
I tried hard to remember but remembering was not good.
I tried hard to remember but remembering was no good.
I tried hard to remember but it was no good.
From perhaps these definitions of 'good':
sufficient or
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