By Translation, Synonyms

First let me correct your sentence: Trust me; I know it was shot in the dark but figured it was worth a try. The bus in the background seems to be from a company in Costa Rica. You could say "but gauged", "but estimated", "but calculated". I think the most natural-sounding synonym would be "but...

Please can you replicate red marked text in the other way??? What is the synonym of the phrase "figured it was"?? No "I figured", just "figured it was"....This is why I am little confused...--------------------------Trust me i know it was shot in the dark but figured it was worth a try...the bus...

They don't sound quite right, because they are only related words (according to the theasaurus).The idea of the thesaurus is just provide you with synonyms/antonyms to help you understand the meaning without translation.I am sorry I didn't understand you. I thought you were mostly interested in...

I think before teaching vocabulary, we need to choose active and passive vocabulary. For passive words, we only realize and don't spend a lot of time to explain them. Students will research themselves by looking up in the dictionary or guessing from the context. Thus, we have to define which word...

Example: In the olden days in Europe, people used to hide out in churches; They would claim sanctuary. ©I know what are possible translations for the word claim and the translation of sanctuary. Which is the best synonym for the claim in this context? Please explain it to me.

Taka wrote:Hmm...really?Let's suppose you had to convert a really difficult ancient philosophycal argument in an old book into your frist language, English, Japanese, or whatever.Then, I think, you would be required to have not only certain grammatical knowledge of that ancient language, but...

Thank you so mush. I've found such synonyms for "daydreaming" as "to be lost in reveries" and "to have one's mind wandering". Generally I use Google to make sure if a certain expression exists in English, for the word-for-word translation of Russian idioms, colloquialisms and metaphors of my own...

Hello everybody! Dear Clive, thank you for explaining the semantic difference and different conotations of the two synonyms. I am aware that ''female persons'' sounds offensive. The text is ironic, but perhaps this is not the best term. I was trying to translate the word in Croatian so I must...

Hi! 3. Trying to warm his way into the confidence of the orphans' new guardian (their aunt that is a grammar freak), Count Olaf says: Count Olaf: Why, perhaps it's just the ramblings of an expert fisherman, but grammar is the number-one most important thing in this here world to me. (A man...