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Hly2004 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
"slip"?
A fugitive being chased by police in southern Italy gave them the slip by running into a church - only to find it occupied by police officers who let him join the service before taking him to jail.
(1) what's the meaning of "gave them the slip"?
(2) "only to"?,is "only finding ..."
or take a look at this question:
Mr Brown returned to his office after a holiday ,only ___broken into.
A. to find it hadbeen B.to find it had C. finding it had been D.find it was
which one is right?A or C
(1) what's the meaning of "gave them the slip"?
(2) "only to"?,is "only finding ..."
or take a look at this question:
Mr Brown returned to his office after a holiday ,only ___broken into.
A. to find it hadbeen B.to find it had C. finding it had been D.find it was
which one is right?A or C
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A fugitive being chased by police in southern Italy gave them the slip by running into a church - only to find it occupied by police officers who let him join the service before taking him to jail. (1) what's the meaning of "gave them the slip"? escape or get away from He escaped capture by running into a church.
- A fugitive being chased by police in southern Italy gave them the slip by running into a church - only to find it occupied by police officers who let him join the service before taking him to jail.
- (1) what's the meaning of "gave them the slip"?
- escape or get away from He escaped capture by running into a church.
- " I'm not sure why but only to to sounds better to me.
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A fugitive being chased by police in southern Italy gave them the slip by running into a church - only to find it occupied by police officers who let him join the service before taking him to jail.
(1) what's the meaning of "gave them the slip"? escape or get away from He escaped capture by runn
(1) what's the meaning of "gave them the slip"? escape or get away from He escaped capture by runn
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Yes; "only + to-infinitive" is the idiom. The verb is usually "find", "discover", "learn", or something of that kind.
1. I did X, only to find that Y.
X is usually something "normal", "sensible", "reasonable". Y is an irony of circumstance, or something it would not have been reasonable to foresee, or sometimes simply a negative experience.
In the "Mr Brown" exam
1. I did X, only to find that Y.
X is usually something "normal", "sensible", "reasonable". Y is an irony of circumstance, or something it would not have been reasonable to foresee, or sometimes simply a negative experience.
In the "Mr Brown" exam
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