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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Some little questions
Hi, since english it's not my first language, I have some questions about your language and I'd really appreciate if you can help me.
My first question is:
When you use this expression: I'd love to meet you, it means I would love to meet you, but, I've seen that sometimes this: "I'd" it's used to talk about past, like if "I'd" meant "I did". Is that possible? Or am I just wrong?. And if it's possible, How can I realize that it's been using meaning past, or something conditional?
Second, the expression "I've got ..." means literally what it's written, or it's some kind of modism for you?. I mean, for example: I've got nothing to hide from you, it means, that all this time I haven't got nothing to hide from you?. Or you could use it like a modism in different phrases?.
And finally, the word "Haunt" and its derivatives, What does it mean?.
For example, I've seen it in some lyrics, like:
1.- Now it's time for you to move on
Leave the shadows of your past
Don't let them haunt you forever
2.- Song: The Haunting
Somewhere in time
I will find you and haunt you again
Like the wind sweeps the earth
So, in the first case, Haunt it means like some ghost chasing?, somekind of harassing?. And what about in the second case?
And what it means, The haunted, The haunting, etc.
I'm sorry about all the mistakes in my english, but like I said, it's not my first language.
And beforehand, I thank you for all your replys.
My first question is:
When you use this expression: I'd love to meet you, it means I would love to meet you, but, I've seen that sometimes this: "I'd" it's used to talk about past, like if "I'd" meant "I did". Is that possible? Or am I just wrong?. And if it's possible, How can I realize that it's been using meaning past, or something conditional?
Second, the expression "I've got ..." means literally what it's written, or it's some kind of modism for you?. I mean, for example: I've got nothing to hide from you, it means, that all this time I haven't got nothing to hide from you?. Or you could use it like a modism in different phrases?.
And finally, the word "Haunt" and its derivatives, What does it mean?.
For example, I've seen it in some lyrics, like:
1.- Now it's time for you to move on
Leave the shadows of your past
Don't let them haunt you forever
2.- Song: The Haunting
Somewhere in time
I will find you and haunt you again
Like the wind sweeps the earth
So, in the first case, Haunt it means like some ghost chasing?, somekind of harassing?. And what about in the second case?
And what it means, The haunted, The haunting, etc.
I'm sorry about all the mistakes in my english, but like I said, it's not my first language.
And beforehand, I thank you for all your replys.
Top answer
'd means would when a base form of a verb follows: I'd go - I would go. You'd find - You would find. 'd means had when a past participle of a verb follows: I'd gone - I had gone.
- 'd means would when a base form of a verb follows: I'd go - I would go.
- You'd find - You would find.
- 'd means had when a past participle of a verb follows: I'd gone - I had gone.
- You'd found - You had found.
- 'd means did when a question word precedes: Where'd you go?
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'd means would when a base form of a verb follows: I'd go - I would go. You'd find - You would find.
'd means had when a past participle of a verb follows: I'd gone - I had gone. You'd found - You had found.
'd means did when a question word precedes: Where'd you go? - Where did you go? How'd you do it? - How did you do it?
'd means had when a past participle of a verb follows: I'd gone - I had gone. You'd found - You had found.
'd means did when a question word precedes: Where'd you go? - Where did you go? How'd you do it? - How did you do it?
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The word is idiom, not modism. 
I've got = I have got is an idiom for I have.
I've got = I have got is an idiom for I have.
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haunt -
transitive verb
1 a: to visit often : frequent b: to continually seek the company of
2 a: to have a disquieting or harmful effect on : trouble <problems we ignore now will come back to haunt
haunt -
transitive verb
1 a: to visit often : frequent b: to continually seek the company of
2 a: to have a disquieting or harmful effect on : trouble <problems we ignore now will come back to haunt
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