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#2 (permalink) Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:37 am "give in" or "give up" |
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| I would say that he gave himself up to the police, because he surrended, called truce :) |
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Lost_Soul I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#3 (permalink) Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:49 pm "give in" or "give up" |
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Hi, I found some examples: They were both dead by the time Goulais gave himself up to the police. Will they give themselves up to the tribunal? In the end, his family gave him up to the police. _________________ I am an incurable optimist. |
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Inga I'm here quite often ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:55 pm "give in" or "give up" |
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It's tricky. Only "off" has no meaning here. I think "up" here is the best option.
But "away" can be used but gives a different meaning in a different context. If you give yourself away (in this situation) that means he was hiding but he accidentally did something that meant the police found him.
"in" can be used but the term would then have to be "he turned himself in" which has a similiar meaning to "gave himself up".
to turn yourself in suggests more that he actively went looking for a policeman. |
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Benjamin You can meet me at english-test.net

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#5 (permalink) Wed Jul 09, 2008 14:11 pm "give in" or "give up" |
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Hi,
what's the difference between afforestation, forestation and deforestation?
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Albertgray New Member
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#6 (permalink) Wed Jul 09, 2008 15:19 pm "give in" or "give up" |
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Hi, why don't you look them up in the dictionary? We can see that among the three words, "afforestation" and "forestation" have meaning in contrast with "deforestation". "Afforestation" and "forestation" both mean "the act of converting into forest or woodland" while "deforestation" means "the act of destroying the forest, for example: cutting down trees, burning the forest for agricultural land ..." It's just my oppinion. I also want to know yours. _________________ On earth there is nothing great but man, in man there is nothing great but mind. |
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Sophie I'm here quite often ;-)

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| Unless he be very much changed ... (use of "be") | Phrase "I'm only young" |