Wai_Wai  +  47947 Wed, 29 Sep 04 08:55 AM Try to see if the following is correct: The first part of something Eg Set off at the __ of the road. Correct Options: - start - beginning (PS: Please suggest any other words if possible) The last part of something Eg Go right to the __ of the road. Correct Options: - end (PS: Please suggest any other words if possible) Not queue up, unfairly get something without waiting properly Eg: Relating to the queue, it is impolite to __ Correct Options: - jump the queue (PS: Please suggest any other words/phrases if possible) Wai_Wai Joined on Mon, Sep 27 2004 Full Member 125 I am NOT a native English speaker. Correct me if I make any mistake. Any comment is perfectly welcome. One idea: I advocate acronyms used at a min because: - difficulty to...

	Mister Micawber  +  47981 Wed, 29 Sep 04 12:21 PM Your correct options and my additions (not many!): 'Set off at the __ of the road.' - start - beginning - head 'Go right to the __ of the road.' - end 'Relating to the queue, it is impolite to __.' - jump the queue - cut into the queue Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,791 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Wai_Wai  +  47985 Wed, 29 Sep 04 12:36 PM Thanks a lot. I would like to have more options because: - more variations in the passage. - if you forget one option, you still have another option to replace. ^^ Wai_Wai

	nona the brit  +  47999 Wed, 29 Sep 04 01:19 PM Other options for first two sentences: 'Top' of the road 'Bottom' of the road Also, ...it is impolite to 'push in' nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Wai_Wai  +  48049 Wed, 29 Sep 04 04:49 PM 'Top' of the road 'Bottom' of the road Head of the road (by Mister Micawber) To me, I feel they are not appropriate. The meaning is slightly changed. A road can starts at the bottom. We will still call it at the beginning/start of the road, but not the above suggestions, vice versa. Any discussion is perfectly welcome. Wai_Wai

	CalifJim  +  48134 Wed, 29 Sep 04 11:39 PM Set off at the beginning of the road. Start at the beginning of the road. (I don't use "the start of the road".) Start at the beginning. Finish at the end. Go right to the end of the road. (In California we don't use the word "queue". We use "line".) It is impolite to cut in line. It is impolite to cut in front of somebody. It is impolite not to wait your turn. beginning of the line, end of the line beginning of the movie/play/concert/lesson/book, end of the movie/play/concert/lesson/book CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,399 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Wai_Wai  +  48401 Fri, 01 Oct 04 03:00 AM I saw more phrases relating to queue Take the queue/line Faill in queue/line Does anyone know what they mean? Wai_Wai

	CalifJim  +  48409 Fri, 01 Oct 04 05:12 AM To me, "fall in line" means to line up in a row (said to a group of people to get them organized into an orderly line) or, more idiomatically, to acquiesce (as in "Robert had trouble following orders, but after his father gave him a strict talking-to, he finally fell in line.") "fall in queue", "take the line", and "take the queue" mean nothing to me. I've never heard them. CalifJim