By Translation, Phrasal verbs

Thank you Barbara

I think it's "see if you can get your father" not "get round your father." At least, that's the American usage.

They all look fine - but I loathe "get"!

Dear teachers, What do you think of my translation, please? 1. Je me demande où sont passées mes lunettes. I wonder where my glasses have got to. 2. Elle a été reçue à ses examens sans trop d'efforts. She got through her exams without too much trouble / effort. 3. Voyez si vous...

Done, Hela

Sorry, I didn't see it Pieanne, would you please look at my post entitled "is this sentence correct?". Have a nice day

Bonjour, Hela! Jim answered about "meet up". I defer to him for all the English "nuances", since I'm not a native... See you soon!

Annvan, these are certainly not "useless extra-information" for me. Thank you for participating to this post. Dear teachers, what about the use of "meet UP" instead of "meet" in sentence 2? "let's meet UP (?) at 10 o'clock" ? If this exercice interest you I have more translations in stock. So...

In British English you could also say: "I'm going to have a fortnight's holiday." "I'm going on holiday for a fortnight." is also possible, but this to me implies that you're actually going away on holiday, whereas the previous example simply means you're taking two weeks off - whether you're...

meet up is OK, but very informal to my ear. 1) I'm going on vacation for two weeks. (AmE) If you have to choose between the choices shown, choose a. holiday is BrE. I can't speak for BrE. 2) loomed - no. loomed up - no. appeared - yes. To me, looming has a connotation of danger,...