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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
To make a difference
Hello,
Are the idioms to make a diference and to make the difference used interchangeably?
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Are the idioms to make a diference and to make the difference used interchangeably?
Thanks
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No. To make a difference - usually an aspiration to do good in the world. - As a teacher, I want to make a difference in the lives of my students.
- No.
- To make a difference - usually an aspiration to do good in the world.
- - As a teacher, I want to make a difference in the lives of my students.
- To make the difference - something that enabled an end result to be achieved.
- - The doctor's quick action made the difference between life and death.
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To make a difference - usually an aspiration to do good in the world. - As a teacher, I want to make a difference in the lives of my students.
To make the difference - something that enabled an end result to be achieved. - The doctor's quick action made the difference between life and death.
To make a difference - usually an aspiration to do good in the world. - As a teacher, I want to make a difference in the lives of my students.
To make the difference - something that enabled an end result to be achieved. - The doctor's quick action made the difference between life and death.
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AlpheccaStars As a teacher, I want to make a difference in the lives of my students.Hi,
What does the sentence above mean?
Does it mean 'I want to improve the lives of my students?
Thanks.
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AnonymousDoes it mean 'I want to improve the lives of my students?Make their lives better, perhaps not right away, but in the future.
Because I taught them well, they got good grades and learned their subjects.
Because they got good grades, they could get a scholarship to study at a university.
Because they studied at university, they qualifi
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AlpheccaStars- The doctor's quick action made the difference between life and death.Hi AlpheccaStars,
What does the sentence above mean?
Thank you very much.
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The doctor's quick action made the difference between life and death.
A man watching the soccer game had a very bad heart attack.
There was a doctor sitting next to the man. He recognized the symptoms of a heart attack and immediately began heart massage and CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation). Because of the doctor's action, the man did not die.
A man watching the soccer game had a very bad heart attack.
There was a doctor sitting next to the man. He recognized the symptoms of a heart attack and immediately began heart massage and CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation). Because of the doctor's action, the man did not die.
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