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What does 'go straight ahead' mean?



 
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What does 'go straight ahead' mean? #1 (permalink) Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:47 am   What does 'go straight ahead' mean?
 

Hi freinds

what is the meaning of following

There was nothing for it now except to go straight ahead with the next nimber on the programme

Thanks a lot
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Meaning #2 (permalink) Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:58 am   Meaning
 

Hi Izad,

The expression: there was nothing for it now except to
means simply: they/we had to. To go straight ahead with the next number on the prgramme means: continue immediately with the next number (song/act) on the prgramme.

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A new quesion #3 (permalink) Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:18 am   A new quesion
 

Hi,

I want to ask a question, do we have this structure in English: It's + adj + to + somebody + to V ?

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Question #4 (permalink) Tue Nov 15, 2005 14:51 pm   Question
 

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It's + adj + to + somebody + to V

It's insulting to me to ask my age.
It's attractive to my brother to cruise all the bars in St. Louis
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Is that what you mean?
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Question #5 (permalink) Tue Nov 15, 2005 20:39 pm   Question
 

Hi Tortoise,

Yes, this is a possibility:

It's + adj + to + somebody + to V ?

but it's more usual to use the preposition for in this construction as in: It's easy for the teacher/him to explain the point.

You can use your construction and say: It's objectionable to him to use that word but it would be easier to say: He objects to using that word.

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Question #6 (permalink) Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:01 am   Question
 

Thank you for your explanation and your examples, Alan and Mister Micawber.
You know, I though that structure was wrong, because I had not seen it yet. It was strange to me. In addition, "for somebody" is more normal.

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Question #7 (permalink) Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:02 am   Question
 

Hi

Can we use difficult(y) + with ?

And, do we say "heart troubles" in English? We often say "heart attract", don't we?

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