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| Hi Alfwm, it seems that you simply confused the wrong answer with the correct one. The correct answer is 'There is no knowing' but you chose 'There is no guessing' two times which is incorrect. |
You are right, thank you
Excusme but sometimes something doesn`t work right in my mind
Now, in other reply I will expose about a problem with progress averages. I expect my mind will work better this time
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| #18 (permalink) Sun Feb 21, 2010 22:37 pm meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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I find "there's no knowing" a great set expression. The first time I heard it (about 9 years ago)
was in the following "poem" from the movie Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory:
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[...]There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing
Is it raining, is it snowing
Is a hurricane a–blowing
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of Hell a–glowing
Is the grisly reaper mowing
Yes, the danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing.
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| #19 (permalink) Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:29 am meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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'I wonder what she'll get up to next.'what does it mean?
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| #20 (permalink) Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:30 am meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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'I wonder what she'll get up to next.'what does it mean?
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| #21 (permalink) Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:49 am meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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Hi Mitra,
'I wonder what she'll get up to next' means that you are curious to know what she'll be doing next. 'Get up to' suggests that she's going to do something mischievous (naughty).
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| #22 (permalink) Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:10 am meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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Dear Alan;
Thanks a lot for your complete response. I have another question about this rich test, could you please tell me 'There is no knowing' means No one knows about what she will want to do next?
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| #23 (permalink) Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:13 am meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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Hi Mitra,
Yes, that's the idea. It also has the idea of 'It's a mystery'
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| #24 (permalink) Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:54 am meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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Dear Alan;
I very much appreciate your responses to improving my English language.
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| #25 (permalink) Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:40 am meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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Hi,
I simply say that the below sentence is your choice, but above one is the correct answer. LOL.
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| #26 (permalink) Fri Jun 11, 2010 19:04 pm meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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| I'm sorry but I think I didn't get the meaning of these two expressions: to get up to; There's no knowing. Could you clear this for me, please?! |
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| #27 (permalink) Fri Jun 11, 2010 19:19 pm meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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Hi Margoto,
'Get up to' is used as an idiom that suggests that you are going to do something unusual/shocking/playful as in: Whatever will she get up to next? Last week she decided to ride her horse along the motorway. I wonder what she's going to do next week!
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| #28 (permalink) Fri Jun 11, 2010 20:09 pm meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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| Thank you, Alan! |
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| #29 (permalink) Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:42 am be up to and get up to |
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Hello Alan,
According to your explanation my question would be:
Are get up to and be up to synonyms?
I read: 1.I wonder what the children getting up to.
2.I wonder what my neighbor is up to.
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| #30 (permalink) Thu Dec 09, 2010 11:11 am meaning of "There is no guessing" |
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Hi.
The addition of 'get' simply emphasises the activity and often in a lighthearted way suggests that the activity is unusual or possibly amusing.
What are you up to? suggests you are simply finding out what someone is doing.
What are you getting up to? also has the sense that you are asking what someone is doing but there is also the idea that you think what they are doing is unusual because you can't work out what they are actually doing.
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