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Kingfisher Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

That's it ???

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0Hi Kingfisher. 02br 02br 00I think 'that's it' could express a wide range of attitudes depending on, as you say, tone of voice and other factors. Usually, however, a simple and relatively uninflected 'that's it' is quite objective-- an observation of completion.

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  • 0Hi Kingfisher.
  • 02br 02br 00I think 'that's it' could express a wide range of attitudes depending on, as you say, tone of voice and other factors.
  • Usually, however, a simple and relatively uninflected 'that's it' is quite objective-- an observation of completion.
  • ' Increase courtesy by depersonalizing: 'is the project finished/completed/done (yet)?
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0Hi Kingfisher. 02br
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0 About "that's it", I think we can use it in, say, a child has been naughty, whatever, and the mum says "Now you stay in your room for an hour, and that's it!" 02br
00Is it correct? (I need to practise!) 0-
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0 Yes. "That's it! I've had enough. Off with their heads!!!" 02br
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0 Mmmm ... I'll try to get my 9 year old son acquainted with the expression... 0-
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0We should notice (since I sit idle at the moment) that in the 'that's it' directed at the recalcitrant child, 'it' means 'the limit of my patience' or its ilk, while in the 'that's it' of the Greek expression, 'it' is the item found (as in the usual translation, 'I've found it'). 02br
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