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John liao Posted 12 years ago
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reverse be my lot. Hippocratic Oath

I will keep secret and will never reveal it. If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by all men and in all times, but if I swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my lot.
  

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" 1. the may position, "the reverse may be my lot" 2. is the sentence the same meaning: "which may reverse me a lot" May I change "something may help me a lot" to "may the help be my lot" without changing the meaning?

— John liao

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  • the may position, "the reverse may be my lot" 2.
  • is the sentence the same meaning: "which may reverse me a lot" May I change "something may help me a lot" to "may the help be my lot" without changing the meaning?
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I am little confused with this sentence: "may the reverse be my lot."

1. the may position, "the reverse may be my lot"
2. is the sentence the same meaning: "which may reverse me a lot"

May I change "something may help me a lot" to "may the help be my lot" without changing the meaning?
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No, "a lot" (meaning "very much") is completely different from "my lot." "My lot" (or "My lot in life.") means "my destiny, my fate in life."

(It's a somewhat old-fashioned term. Sometimes as a sort of joke, I'll tell my daughter, for example, that she can have the last piece of cake instead of giving it to me, because "such is a mother's lot." -- a mother's destiny is to make sacrif
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