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He's with a child.
(quoted from http://homepage3.nifty.com/monohato/art/kako.html )
She's with child.
(quoted from http://aroma-kansai.org/katudou/2010/03/post-2.html )
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Could you please correct the following sentences?
/* 2012/07/02 No.533-No.591 */
The person has a privilege.
She is jealous of him.
He got mistake, in spite of his endeavor.
He saw someone being bullied, but he turned a blind eye.
He braked this machine, and he got away with it.
The word attractive is a compliment.
Is that a compliment or a joke?
She cried to her heart's content.
His action in itself was a mistake.
He is stubborn and naughty.
Thank you for your reading.
(quoted from http://homepage3.nifty.com/monohato/art/kako.html )
She's with child.
(quoted from http://aroma-kansai.org/katudou/2010/03/post-2.html )
Please give me comment, if you know such a things. :)
Could you please correct the following sentences?
/* 2012/07/02 No.533-No.591 */
The person has a privilege.
She is jealous of him.
He got mistake, in spite of his endeavor.
He saw someone being bullied, but he turned a blind eye.
He braked this machine, and he got away with it.
The word attractive is a compliment.
Is that a compliment or a joke?
She cried to her heart's content.
His action in itself was a mistake.
He is stubborn and naughty.
Thank you for your reading.
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Please give me a comment, if you know such a things.
He got made a mistake, in spite of his endeavor hard work.
He saw someone being bullied, but he turned a blind eye to it.
He braked broke this machine, and he got away with it.
I'm not quite sure what you meant here, so I corrected it with my best guess. The past tense of "to break" is "broke."
He is stubborn and naughty.
He could be both stubborn and naughty, but it's hard to tell if you meant to use these two together. This is something only a parent would really say. A parent might say of a stubborn child that he is naughty. But you wouldn't usually say that someone stubborn is naughty, just stubborn. :)
Please give me a comment, if you know such a things.
When you need to use "a" you need to make sure the next word isn't a vowel (A,E,I,O,U and sometimes Y). When you have "an" you make sure to have a vowel as the next word.
A cat (correct)
An cat(wrong)
An Animal (correct)
a animal (wrong)
Just a reference!
Thank you for your advice :)
I understand.
He's with a child.
Picture a man standing at a bus stop with his son or daughter beside him. He's standing there with a child.
She's with child.
This wording is another way to say she's pregnant.
Please give me comment, if you know such a things what these sentences mean.
The person has a is privileged.
This means the person has special advantages in life. It's usually said about people who grow up in a very wealthy family; they never have to worry about money, they can afford the best in higher education, often one or both parents have a very high position in a wealthy company (they possibly own the company) and their child will be given a good job at the company because of their parent.
She is jealous of him.
To be jealous is when you resent someone because of something they have that you want. A person might be jealous of someone who is privileged.
He got made a mistake, in spite of his endeavor.
Something can be a mistake ("Walking the dog in the rain was a mistake.") and a person can make a mistake/make mistakes. ("I made the mistake of walking the dog in the rain." - "She make mistakes all the time.") An endeavor is when someone puts forth a lot of effort to achieve something. "In spite of" (or "despite") basically means "regardless of" so your sentence means regardless of the effort he put into what he was doing, he still made a mistake (did something wrong).
He saw someone being bullied, but he turned a blind eye.
When we "turn a blind eye" it means we're pretending not to see/ignoring something we know is happening.
He braked broke this machine, and he got away with it.
The verb "to brake" means to slow down or stop something with the use of a brake. I think the word you're looking for is "broke" which is the past tense of "break". "Break" means to cause something to separate into pieces ("You will break the vase if you drop it on the floor.") or to cause something to stop working properly. Your sentence means he did something to the machine so that it stopped working. He "got away with it" because no one ever found out he did it and he didn't get in trouble.
The word "attractive" is a compliment.
When you talk about a specific word like this, it's good to separate the word in the sentence with quotes. Attractive means good-looking. A compliment is an expression of praise, admiration, or congratulation.
Person A: "You're so pretty!"
Person B: "Thank you for the compliment!"
"The teacher complimented the student on her high test score."
Is that a compliment or a joke? - Better: Is that a compliment or an insult?
A joke is something said or done that is intended to be funny, and it can also be a trick or a prank. "Insult" is the opposite of "compliment" and is therefore a much better word to use here. When someone makes a comment to you - "That dress makes you look really skinny." - You aren't sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, so you might ask, "Is that a compliment or an insult?"
She cried to her heart's content.
To do something to one's heart's content is to do something you enjoy for as long as you want to do it. ("When we go to the amusement park, I will ride my favorite roller coaster to my heart's content.") Normally you wouldn't use this phrase with something negative like crying, but it can be used in anger. Let's say you're really angry with someone. You say something that makes them cry but you're so angry that you're happy you've made them cry. You might say to them, "Go ahead and cry to your heart's content. I don't care!" Which means cry as much as you want.
His action in itself was a mistake.
"In itself" or "in and of itself" is an idiom that basically means something considered alone. It's the same as saying, "His action itself was a mistake." It means the action and nothing else was a mistake. Saying it with the idiom "in itself" or "in and of itself" just stresses the statement a little more.
He is stubborn and naughty.
"Stubborn" can have a few slightly different meanings depending on how you use it. In this case, it means unreasonably obstinate. Think of a small child that absolutely refuses to take a nap. You put him to bed and each time he gets out again. The child is being stubborn. "Naughty" also has a few different meanings. Certain words might be considered "naughty words" because they're improper, indecent (swear or curse words). In the case of your sentence, it means disobedient. You keep telling the child he has to take a nap and because he's disobeying you, he's being naughty. It's similar to "bad" but "bad" is a bit more severe.
she is with child.
I know what these sentences mean. I hope the example which changes a meaning by a few difference.
What should I say?
I hope other examples.
Have you seen Cathy? -- Yes, I saw her yesterday on the bus. She was with a child. I think it was her niece.
I'm looking out my window and I can see my neighbor. She is sitting on her front steps with a child.
A woman was walking down the street with a child.
She is with child.:
There aren't many ways you can use this sentence, simply because it has the strict meaning of, "She is pregnant." You can't alter the phrasing and insert words in it like you can with the above sentence.
My wife is with child. She is due in December.
My sister is tired all the time and her feet are really swollen because she is with child.
This phrase sounds really old-fashioned to me. I don't know if it's common in British English, but it's definitely not common in American English. I did a Google search for the phrase, "She is with child." and it only came up with 472,000 results. "She is pregnant." came up with 14,600,000 results.
:-)
I just wanted to share this funny video with you. It's about a king being told the queen is pregnant, or "with child," but he misunderstands and believes she is with a child. Just thought you might enjoy it if you can understand it. (^~^)
I could understand the first half.
In spite of his effort, he still made a mistake.
She's with child.
Although correct English, this is a bit old-fashioned. You might read it in a novel or a poem, but people don't often say this, unless they want to imply an old-fashioned tone. Nowadays, people say, "She's going to be a mommie" or "she's got a bun in the oven" (casual speech), or just, "she's pregnant."
Please give me comment, if you know about such a things.
He got made a mistake, in spite of his effortsendeavor.
I'm assuming you mean he tried to avoid mistakes, but was not successful.
Is that a compliment or a joke?
Actually, this works. If I said to someone, "You're looking great today," and they actually feel terrible, they might say this.
He is both stubborn and naughty.
If you mean to list two different characteristics.