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meet an expression, meet a word
Can you actually use the verb
meet
this way?
I would have thought : meet somebody
find, come across, see....a word, expression
saludos de España
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Re: meet an expression, meet a word
Yes, the expression "meet a new word" would mean that I was introduced to a new word.
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Re: meet an expression, meet a word
I am not accustomed to using the expression "meet a new word." I would say that I "learned" a new word or "learned" a new expression. But I would never say that I "met" a new word.
In a more slang sense, I would say that I "ran across" a new word.
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Re: meet an expression, meet a word
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heidita
Can you actually use the verb
meet
this way?
I would have thought : meet somebody
find, come across, see....a word, expression
saludos de España
I would not have a problem with this. It is colloquial rather than formal English.
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