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 #2 (permalink) Thu Dec 08, 2005 20:15 pm By and large |
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Hi Deya,
This expression means in general/on average.
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Mar 03, 2006 16:19 pm English idiom: by and large |
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Feb 19, 2011 0:30 am English idiom: by and large |
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Hi,
boys & girls (age is irrelevant)
please, be so kind to enlighten me on the aspect of "by and large".
Is it rather bookish or regular everyday expression?!
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:46 am English idiom: by and large |
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Hi Gheon,
Long time, no see. It's good to have you back.
It's a commonplace expression, meaning 'most'/'generally'/'with few exceptions'.
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:22 am English idiom: by and large |
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Oh, thanks for the warm welcome.
It 's just that I'd noticed to have started to lose my English skills so some practice would never be one too many.
By the way, I completely forgot where one can report back on some misprints he/she finds from time to time if it's still a priority for the site's current web-master. I believe such reporting must be done somewhere in a feedback area.
Anyway, for the time being please take a look at http://www.english-test.net/toeic/vocabulary/meanings/053/toeic-test.php
p.9 (option C) person who translates from one language to another (orally); person how clarifies; commentator
How is used instead of who )))
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