DUE (elektro's vocabulary)

elektro said:
May I say so:
I read the paper during my lunch - yes
I read the paper while I am eating - yes
I read the paper for my lunch time - er no
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what are you trying to say in the last example?
 
I read the paper for an hour/lunch time (since 1 to 2)
 
elektro said:
I read the paper for an hour/lunch time (since 1 to 2)
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Mike has just about covered it

but your last example is wrong
I read the paper during my lunch hour (which is 1 to 2)
Or I read the paper for an hour between 1 and 2
 
next couple is goodness and kindness
what's the difference between them?
 
Goodness tends to be contained within something
A balanced meal is full of goodness
a person can be full of goodness ie someone that is extremely kind

kindness is something "shown" to someone or something
you show kindness to someone by helping them in some way
If you help an old lady across the road you are being kind
or have shown kindness towards her
 
I understad the meaning of kindness, but it's still so hard to my understanding with goodness.
Please, more examples, Chris.
:wave:
and my respect to you!
:wave:
 
As above "goodness" is something contained within something else
it could be classed as "spiritual" ( or Godliness) if it was with a person
A peanut contains protein a peanut is full of goodness
Milk contains calcium it is full of goodness
goodness like kindness cannot be "touched" but its there as part of a persons
or objects make-up
Is that better?
 
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Okay, I have to cite some text from the book which I'm reading.

He was shy with strangers and afraid of showing his feelings. Among friends, however, his eyes shone with kindness and goodness. And, although this goodness never found its way into his conversation, it showed itself in his way of life.

What did the author mean with the word GOODNESS?
 
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elektro said:
Okay, I have to cite some text from the book which I'm reading.

He was shy with strangers and afraid of showing his feelings. Among friends, however, his eyes shone with kindness and goodness. And, although this goodness never found its way into his conversation, it showed itself in his way of life.

What did the author mean with the word GOODNESS?
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In that context the author means he was good not evil in anyway.

As I personally understand it,
although he or they never spoke of his "goodness"
The way he acted and the things he did proved that he was good.
only doing good things or kind acts.

The two words are similar but not really interchangeable

Is that better?
 
Yes, it was better
I've understood. Goodness is a good and valuable feature of somebody.
Am I right?
 
Yeah!
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My new problem is using HAVE TO and OUGHT TO
What's the difference?
 
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elektro said:
My new problem is using HAVE TO and OUGHT TO
What's the difference?
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Have to = no choice
I have to eat to live

ought to = choice, leaning towards have to
I hate my sister but I ought to take her picture

HTH
Mike
 
elektro said:
Okay, I have to cite some text from the book which I'm reading.

He was shy with strangers and afraid of showing his feelings. Among friends, however, his eyes shone with kindness and goodness. And, although this goodness never found its way into his conversation, it showed itself in his way of life.
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What's the book? I'm sure I've read that passage recently.
 
mmcp42 said:
Have to = no choice
I have to eat to live

ought to = choice, leaning towards have to
I hate my sister but I ought to take her picture

Mike
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Hi, Mike
I like ice cream, but I ought to eat vegetables for my diet!
My personal secretary ought to wear only short skirts.
I really have to learn this words by heart.
She has to sell your car, it is shamelessly old!

Do I have to correct my sentences?

who? said:
What's the book? I'm sure I've read that passage recently.
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It's 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' written by Robert Louis Stevenson
 
Hey guys, don't be afraid to teach me.
I am not biting :wave:
 
elektro said:
I like ice cream, but I ought to eat vegetables for my diet!
My personal secretary ought to wear only short skirts.
I really have to learn this words by heart.
She has to sell your car, it is shamelessly old!

Do I have to correct my sentences?
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I really have to learn this word by heart
I really have to learn these words by heart
but apart from that you seem to have grasped the meanings / differences :thumbs:


elektro said:
Hey guys, don't be afraid to teach me.
I am not biting :wave:
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I do not bite :thumbs:
I am not biting means that you will not be drawn into an argument ( usually a personal insult directed at you)
 
Thanks a lot, Chris.
I want to resume about these words.
HAVE TO is almost MUST
OUGHT TO is almost SHOULD
Am I right?
 
elektro said:
You can open English classes in Russia, I think you will earn much money for yourself.
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Good idea Oleg but wouldn't I have to know how to speak Russian as well ?
 
elektro said:
You have to speak English and ought to drink vodka, nothing else ;)
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Nice sentence :thumbs:

I don't like the Vodka they serve over here. Hopefully Russian Vodka
tastes different ? and I will get to like it ?:D
 
Cobra said:

Nice sentence :thumbs:

I don't like the Vodka they serve over here. Hopefully Russian Vodka
tastes different ? and I will get to like it ?:D
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You are just all thumbs with vodka or use it with wrong appetizers ;)
 
elektro said:
You are just all thumbs with vodka or use it with wrong appetizers ;)
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I'm not quite sure how that statement should be formed but I understand
what you are trying to say :D
and you are probably right
 
One day Oleg one day :thumbs:
 
elektro said:
one day + one day = 2 days
You have to be here by the first of April:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:
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:lol::lol::lol:
Very good, seems like you don't need me any more.
Beaten at my own game :thumbs:
 
Hi, mates
I've not been there any time, because I am busy now for preparing Eurovision in Moscow.
I am sorry for that and I've been really missing for you.
Today's word is tough
 
"She had gone through some tough times"
Tough = Difficult

"The meat was overcooked and tough"
Tough = hard and difficult to chew

"The tent was made of tough all-weather fabric"
Tough = Sturdy / well made
 
elektro said:
Hi, mates
I've not been there any time, because I am busy now for preparing Eurovision in Moscow.
I am sorry for that and I've been really missing for you.
Today's word is tough
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are you singing or working?
 
Okay, but what is that mean if we are saying about a person?
 
elektro said:
Okay, but what is that mean if we are saying about a person?
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"tough guy"
the big guy who always wins the fight
the mean ugly one who you don't want to find out if he always wins the fight

"tough act to follow"
an outstanding performance that would be difficult to beat
 
mmcp42 said:
"tough guy"
the big guy who always wins the fight
the mean ugly one who you don't want to find out if he always wins the fight
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For example Rocky or Rambo?

mmcp42 said:
"tough act to follow"
an outstanding performance that would be difficult to beat
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A little bit difficult for my understanding... :shrug:
 
elektro said:
A little bit difficult for my understanding... :shrug:
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If you were watching a singer perform on Eurovision and thought they were really good, the next singer would have to be even better to impress you. The first singer is a "tough act to follow" because everyone thought they were brilliant and the next singer will be compared to them.


An easy act to follow would be someone everyone thought was rubbish - you wouldn't have to try very hard to be better than them.
 
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