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Idiomatic English 3 - Lesson 18
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Lesson 18 - Exercise 10
1- Perhaps the head waiter can get us a table.
2- You should have told the waiter to bring more coffee.
3- I would have had a suit made if I had had money.
4- Would you mind pouring me another cup of coffee, please? Be sure not to spill it.
5- Please, pour out that dirty water.
6- Do you want your steak well done, medium, or rare?
7- These seeds should be planted in moss.
8- I know Mr Beltran; he is an author well-known in Europe.
9- The store really was so crowded that we couldn't even get in.
10- Your job must be very tiresome.
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1- Perhaps the head waiter can get us a table.
2- You should have told the waiter to bring more coffee.
3- I would have had a suit made if I had had money.
4- Would you mind pouring me another cup of coffee, please? Be sure not to spill it.
5- Please, pour out that dirty water.
6- Do you want your steak well done, medium, or rare?
7- These seeds should be planted in moss.
8- I know Mr Beltran; he is an author well-known in Europe.
9- The store really was so crowded that we couldn't even get in.
10- Your job must be very tiresome.
Thanks for reading!
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3- I would have had a suit made if I had had money./ I had had a suit made if I had had money.
4- Do Would you mind pouring me another cup of coffee, please? ("Would" for requests.) (be polite! :) )
Be sure not to spill pouring out/spilling it. ("to spill" as the verb.)
6- Do you want your steak well done, medium, or rare?
"rare, medium or well-done" is the usual 'order'
7- It These seeds should be planted these seeds in moss. (Word order.)
8- I knew know Mr Beltran, he is an author well-known in Europe. ("knew + was" for past. "know + is" for present.)
9- The store was really so crowded that we even couldn't even get in/enter. ("so _____ + that" or "really _____ + so") ("we could not" is the verb; it should stay connected.)
8- I know Mr Beltran; he is an author well-known in Europe.
Semicolons are used to connect two clauses where both can function as a sentence.
9- The store really was really so crowded that we couldn't even get in.
More natural word order