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Nathananise Posted 20 years ago
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rise, arise, wait, await, these words are killing me,lol
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e. ", then you're not precisely waiting for somebody, but for something you're going to get from that person. 02 br 02 br 00 I can't help you out with rise/arise here, though, but I'm not a native speaker, maybe I could provide a hint for somebody else?!
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- ", then you're not precisely waiting for somebody, but for something you're going to get from that person.
- 02 br 02 br 00 I can't help you out with rise/arise here, though, but I'm not a native speaker, maybe I could provide a hint for somebody else?!
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0 Hello Nathanise, 02 br
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00 the answer is not that difficult for wait/await: 02 br
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00 "wait" simple means "being in a condition of waiting" and it's intransitive, while "await" is a kind of "forced waiting" and usually transitive. 02 br
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00 I.e. when you say "I wait", it means you're waiting for somebody (maybe for a meeting), 02
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00 the answer is not that difficult for wait/await: 02 br
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00 "wait" simple means "being in a condition of waiting" and it's intransitive, while "await" is a kind of "forced waiting" and usually transitive. 02 br
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00 I.e. when you say "I wait", it means you're waiting for somebody (maybe for a meeting), 02
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0 Hi, 02 br
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01 font 00 Could someone explain the difference and the function of the "a", to me? 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 It seems 02 font 00 to me that the 'a-' form focuses on the completion of the activity. 02 br
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00 You can say 'the water is rising' but it sound
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01 font 00 Could someone explain the difference and the function of the "a", to me? 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 It seems 02 font 00 to me that the 'a-' form focuses on the completion of the activity. 02 br
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00 You can say 'the water is rising' but it sound
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0 Hello 02 br
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00 I like this kind of question. To know the sense of prefixes is useful for us ESL students to understand the sense of the words. 02 br
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00 The prefix "a-" in "arise" is a Germanic prefix and gives a sense of "up" or "away" that stress the sense of the main part of the word. So "arise" is "rise up". The "a-" in "awake" and "abide" also c
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00 I like this kind of question. To know the sense of prefixes is useful for us ESL students to understand the sense of the words. 02 br
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00 The prefix "a-" in "arise" is a Germanic prefix and gives a sense of "up" or "away" that stress the sense of the main part of the word. So "arise" is "rise up". The "a-" in "awake" and "abide" also c
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0 rise usually means " get higher', come/go up ex. housing prices keep rising. 02 br
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00 arise means " begin', 'appear' ' come to one's notice' it is used mostly with abstract nouns as subjets. ex. a discussion arose about the best way to pay. 02 br
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00 arouse is often used with an abstract word as an object. ex. when he kept saying he was wo
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00 arise means " begin', 'appear' ' come to one's notice' it is used mostly with abstract nouns as subjets. ex. a discussion arose about the best way to pay. 02 br
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00 arouse is often used with an abstract word as an object. ex. when he kept saying he was wo
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