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Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:41 am Meaning of Go the last smile, indispensable, missed |
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. Miss = feel or suffer from the lack of
indispensable = absolutely necessary; cannot be done without
available = obtainable (for use at the location)
go the last smile = keep smiling. A play on words: the expected idiom is 'go the last mile' (= try to the utmost). . _________________ Canadian-American native speaker who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber |
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Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 3991 Location: Yokohama, Japan
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Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:48 pm Meaning of Go the last smile, indispensable, missed |
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Hi, Correct me if I am wrong. The sentences will be like these:
1)I need hardly tell you that I'll feel sadness or sufer from lack of your absence or leave.
2)The necessary dictionnaries for test are available. You aren't allowed to breng your dictionnary nor calculator with you to the exam place.
3)keep smiling and enjoy it.
Regards Baraa _________________ bara |
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bara You can meet me at english-test.net
Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 60 Location: 45
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Wed Jul 26, 2006 13:22 pm Meaning of Go the last smile, indispensable, missed |
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Dear Sir,
Please read my sentence and your explanations:
My sentence: Indispensable dictionnaries for test are available. Neither dictionaries nor calculators are allowed.
Your explanations:
indispensable = absolutely necessary; cannot be done without
available = obtainable (for use at the location)
So “Indispensable dictionnaries for test are available” means “candidates can use dictionaries because they’re absolutely necessary”. And “Neither dictionaries nor calculators are allowed” means “candidates can’t use dictionaries and calculators”.
Do you think the 2 parts (being written at the top of one english paper) are contradictory/inconsistent with each other?
Please explain me.
Many thanks. Khanh
N.B: In your opinions, when reading : …….at the top of one english paper and: …….. at the top of one English paper
What is right? Both or one of them? |
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Van Khanh I'm here quite often ;-)
Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 324 Location: Ho Chi Minh-City, Viet Nam
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