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MUSCOVITE Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
to spell
Hi,
The following is taken from my Longman dictionary:
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[transitive] American English - to do someone else's work for them for a short period so that they can rest:
I can spell you if you get tired. (+)
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Does the above mean that the sentence (+) may look a kind of "puzzling" to BrEng speakers? If it does, how to modify (+) ( i.e. what verb should be used for to spell) so that the alternative version looks clear to most AE and BE speakers?
mus-te
The following is taken from my Longman dictionary:
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=[transitive] American English - to do someone else's work for them for a short period so that they can rest:
I can spell you if you get tired. (+)
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=Does the above mean that the sentence (+) may look a kind of "puzzling" to BrEng speakers? If it does, how to modify (+) ( i.e. what verb should be used for to spell) so that the alternative version looks clear to most AE and BE speakers?
mus-te
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Another word for spell in this case might be relieve . I'm not able to say what BrEng speakers would find clear and meaningful.
- Another word for spell in this case might be relieve .
- I'm not able to say what BrEng speakers would find clear and meaningful.
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Another word for spell in this case might be relieve. I'm not able to say what BrEng speakers would find clear and meaningful.
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