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They won't smoke ever since they saw a film on lung cancer. What does "won't" mean here?

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The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes is travelling in a Volga car along the Volga river to take a snapshot of life in Vladimir Putin's Russia, as the presidential election looms. This is his third piece, from the city of Ulyanovsk. For those peculiar individuals who still mourn the loss of the...

1. PHRASE : V inflects, PHR nWhen you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it. The owner needs to get rid of the car for financial reasons.2. PHRASE : V inflects, PHR nIf you get rid of someone who is causing...

Hi everyone!I am about to translate a sort of "economic" report about Italian regions.It`s the firs time i come across something like that so I really need your help.Let`s start then!Is it correct to write:"Its GDP is estimated around 14.200 euro"?would you write something like: "he would like to...

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi GoodmanYou wrote: I have been labeled and called by many descriptions, hinted being “Ignorant” is the first ... I'm not hinting that you're ignorant. I say that if a learner tells me "informal" means "wrong", I'll understand that he says so because he is ignorant. But you...

ace: make an "A" on a test, homework assignment, project, etc. "Somebody said you aced the test, Dave. That's great!" all right (1): expression of reluctant agreement. A: "Come to the party with me. Please!"B: "Oh, all right. I don't want to, but I will." all right (2): fair;...

Dear all, Clive wrote: Hi guys, I have a trouble with understanding the clause "that isn't saying much." Does it have the same meaning with "So it is obviously." This expression is often used when giving faint praise. eg After 20 years, he was promoted to senior clerk, although that isn't...

I do not think the expression in the long run is correctly used in your original sentence. -------- long run : a period of time sufficiently long to permit all factors in a situation to exercise their full influence -- used chiefly in the phrase in the long run <it is obvious...

CalifJim wrote:-- Geez! Now you gave me the Dormbrinkler report! Sounds strange to me. How does the present perfect sound to the American ear in this context? Present perfect sounds OK, too (to me), in spite of the extra syllable or two! CJ