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Jordicuest Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
to beat do
Hi! Someone can explain which means "to beat do", like in the sentence "acts of kindness beats doing nothing." Thanks!
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Hi, This sense of beat is rather informal. Something beats something else when one is more enjoyable, beneficial, or in some other way more desirable than the other. So, in your example, performing acts of kindness is considered to be preferable to doing nothing at all.
- Hi, This sense of beat is rather informal.
- Something beats something else when one is more enjoyable, beneficial, or in some other way more desirable than the other.
- So, in your example, performing acts of kindness is considered to be preferable to doing nothing at all.
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Hi,
This sense of beat is rather informal. Something beats something else when one is more enjoyable, beneficial, or in some other way more desirable than the other. So, in your example, performing acts of kindness is considered to be preferable to doing nothing at all.
This sense of beat is rather informal. Something beats something else when one is more enjoyable, beneficial, or in some other way more desirable than the other. So, in your example, performing acts of kindness is considered to be preferable to doing nothing at all.
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jordicuestto beat doThere is no "beat do". You are dividing the sentence at the wrong places.
... [ beats / is superior to / is better than ] .... || .... [doing nothing / not doing anything / being completely inactive]
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