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Jack112 Posted 19 years ago
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0 1. I stepped on the gas pedal hard to go through a set of lights but I didn't make it. (Is "didn't' make it" referring to the fact that I didn't make it through the intersection?)02br
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00What does this sentence mean with '01b00tried02b00' compared to #1 without '01b00tried02b00'?02br
002. I 01b00tried 02b00to step on the gas pedal hard to go through a set of lights but I didn't make it (Does "didn't make it" refer to the fact that I didn't make it through the lights or the fact that I didn't step on the gas pedal hard or both?)02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 001. I stepped on the gas pedal hard to go through a set of lights but I didn't make it. 02br 002.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 001.
  • I stepped on the gas pedal hard to go through a set of lights but I didn't make it.
  • 02br 002.
  • )00 It could be either.
  • I would normally take it to mean you didn't make it through the intersection.
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0Hi,02br
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01font001. I stepped on the gas pedal hard to go through a set of lights but I didn't make it. (Is "didn't' make it" referring to the fact that I didn't make it through the intersection?)00 Yes.02br
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00What does this sentence mean with '01b00tried02b00' compared to #1 without '01b
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0 What I did: 01i00I stepped on the gas pedal hard 02i02br
00 Why I did it, i.e., purpose: 01i00to go through a set of lights 02i02br
00 The result: 01i00but I didn't make it.02i00 (I did not succeed in my purpose.)02br
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01i00not make it02i00 means 01i00
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