Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
Antonia: nagging
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00 I have three questions here. 02 br
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00 1)Is it Ok to say that the husband is ''with one his foot at his mistress's''? Do you have a better idea? 02 br
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00 2) is 01 i 00 petty 02 i 00 ok here? meaning complaining constantly about something trivial? 02 br
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00 3) Is it better to say 01 i 00 marriage can improve 02 i 00 or 01 i 00 be improved 02 i 00 or 01 i 00 get better 02 i 00 ? 02 br
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01 i 00 Marriage can be improved/get better 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 At least this is what married women think. But, what does that mean to the husband who 00 is with one his foot at his mistress’s 00 ? 00 Petty nagging 00 does not mean here more than a television serial, and the doors scenario, if you slam always the same doors, will come across mere shrugging. 00 02 i 02 br
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00 I have three questions here. 02 br
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00 1)Is it Ok to say that the husband is ''with one his foot at his mistress's''? Do you have a better idea? 02 br
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00 2) is 01 i 00 petty 02 i 00 ok here? meaning complaining constantly about something trivial? 02 br
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00 3) Is it better to say 01 i 00 marriage can improve 02 i 00 or 01 i 00 be improved 02 i 00 or 01 i 00 get better 02 i 00 ? 02 br
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01 i 00 Marriage can be improved/get better 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 At least this is what married women think. But, what does that mean to the husband who 00 is with one his foot at his mistress’s 00 ? 00 Petty nagging 00 does not mean here more than a television serial, and the doors scenario, if you slam always the same doors, will come across mere shrugging. 00 02 i 02 br
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Top answer
0 1) I would say no since I can't understand exactly what meaning you are trying to convey. If you are attempting to say that 'the husband is often at the home of his mistress' in a similar fashion to the expression "one foot in the grave", then I would suggest wording it differently. 0-
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0 1) I would say no since I can't understand exactly what meaning you are trying to convey. If you are attempting to say that 'the husband is often at the home of his mistress' in a similar fashion to the expression "one foot in the grave", then I would suggest wording it differently. Perhaps you should go with something more simple, like "...the husband who spends half his time with a mistress
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0 Hmmm... looking back at the passage, I realized that perhaps the 'foot in the door' theme was one you were trying to run with throughout. Taking that into consideration, I took the liberty of rewording the whole thing like this: 02 br
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01 i 00 At least this is what married women think. But what does that mean to the husband with one foot constantly in the door of his
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01 i 00 At least this is what married women think. But what does that mean to the husband with one foot constantly in the door of his
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0 Thanks. Yours sounds better, of course. I'll try to balance betweeen your suggestion and the source text. 0-
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