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[Lenka]

Originally Posted by Philly

Hi Lenka
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I just meant that I'm not a particularly good actor. So if I try to act out a conversation, it doesn't always exactly sound the same as a real life conversation. And that's one reason I will never become a big movie star.
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Aha! I see - "to make it big" = "to succeed". Am I right?

[BobK]

Originally Posted by Lenka

Aha! I see - "to make it big" = "to succeed". Am I right?

- to succeed in a big way [have your name up in lights etc]: I'll show them. I'll make it real big one day.

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[Lenka]

Originally Posted by BobK

- to succeed in a big way [have your name up in lights etc]: I'll show them. I'll make it real big one day.

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Oh, thanks... I didn't know that "show" can be used in such a (shall I use the article here?) meaning. However, we use it just in the same way, in Czech.

[BobK]

Originally Posted by Lenka

Oh, thanks... I didn't know that "show" can be used in such a (shall I use the article here?) meaning. However, we use it just in the same way, in Czech.

Yes, if you're going to use "such" - it'd be more colloquial though to say something like "I didn't know 'show' could be used with that meaning" or "I didn't know 'show' could be used with a meaning like that" or "I didn't know 'show' could be used in that sense'.

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[dihen]

Originally Posted by Philly

So if I try to act out a conversation, it doesn't always exactly sound the same as a real life

Why didn't you use "often doesn't" there?