Standing in front of me

[peter]

Test No. incompl/inter-19 "A Collision - Finish this Story", question 2

The trouble is somebody is ..........

(a) standing to me
(b) standing from me
(c) standing in front of me
(d) standing about me

Test No. incompl/inter-19 "A Collision - Finish this Story", answer 2

The trouble is somebody is standing in front of me.

Correct answer: (c) standing in front of me
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Hi, could you explain the meaning of "standing in front of me", please.

peter

[Mosteque]

I'm standing behind somebody. So this person is standing in front of me.
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obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit

[Strawberry girl]

[quote="peter"]Test No. incompl/inter-19 "A Collision - Finish this Story", question 2

The trouble is somebody is ..........

(a) standing to me
(b) standing from me
(c) standing in front of me
(d) standing about me

Test No. incompl/inter-19 "A Collision - Finish this Story", answer 2

The trouble is somebody is standing in front of me.

Correct answer: (c) standing in front of me
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Hi, could you explain the meaning of this sentence,please?
Why there is a trouble when someone is standing in front of me?

[Strawberry girl]

I can understand the sentence meaning now.
This question and the others in this test 19 have composed of a story.I just read it seperately.

[lost_soul]

Hi,
standing in front of me - is it some kind of idiomatic expression or does it have only its direct meaning.

thanks
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Alex

A native speaker of Russian

[Alan]

Hi,

There's nothing idiomatic about the expression, it simply means what it says.

Alan
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English as a Second Language
You can read my ESL story Are you a Persuader?