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Hela Posted 19 years ago
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0Dear teachers,02br
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01b001) 02b00Is there a difference between « at last » and « finally » and “arrive” and “come” in the following sentence? Which is best?02br
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00Tom has been waiting for Tim for an hour. Finally / At last, he comes / arrives.02br
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00(if you used “at last” would you put it in the end of the sentence or it wouldn’t make any difference as for the style?)02br
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01b002)02b00 Does “a brave attempt” mean “a good try” ? Otherwise does the adjective brave mean only “daring, courageous”?02br
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01b003)02b00 Would you use the noun “youngsters” to mean “young people” in this sentence?02br
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00I met very nice youngsters / young people during my holidays.02br
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01b004) 02b00Is there a difference in use between “appointment” and “rendezvous” in English or are they perfect synonyms?02br
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01b005)02b00 What would be more idiomatic in English to say “you know me” or “you know the way I am” or “you know how I am”?02br
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01b006)02b00 Which adjective would you use in the following sentence “At the café I met a lonely / on her own / by herself woman who looked very sad” or “I met a woman alone who looked very sad”?02br
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01b007)02b00 How would you translate “avec mon GRAND ami” = my best /great friend ? or something else?02br
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00Thanks a million,02br
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00Hela0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Hela12cite 10Dear teachers,12br 12br 11b 101) 12b 10Is there a difference between « at last » and « finally » and “arrive” and “come” in the following sentence? 12br 12br 10Tom has been waiting for Tim for an hour. ) 11b 11font 10No proble,m12font 12b 12br 12br 11b 102)12b 10 Does “a brave attempt” mean “a good try” ?

— Philip

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Hela12cite 10Dear teachers,12br 12br 11b 101) 12b 10Is there a difference between « at last » and « finally » and “arrive” and “come” in the following sentence?
  • 12br 12br 10Tom has been waiting for Tim for an hour.
  • ) 11b 11font 10No proble,m12font 12b 12br 12br 11b 102)12b 10 Does “a brave attempt” mean “a good try” ?
  • Otherwise does the adjective brave mean only “10daring, courageous10”?
  • 11b 11font 10Usually.
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01cite10Hela12cite10Dear teachers,12br
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11b101) 12b10Is there a difference between « at last » and « finally » and “arrive” and “come” in the following sentence? Which is best?12br
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10Tom has been waiting for Tim for an hour. Finally / At last, he comes / arrives.12br
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0Thank you Philip for your help.02br
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00As for my first question, would you "finally / at last" and "arrives and comes" 01i00indifféremment 02i00(how would you say that in English?) in my sentence above?02br
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00How should I understand the expression in bold face?02br
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00Finally she stood him up for lun
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0My personal choice would be 'finally' and 'arrives' - but both work fine.02br
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00From the context, I read "She called later to cancel their dinner engagement" to be he and she had made plans to have dinner, and she called him to cancel it.0-
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