caesar1983
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- Sep 14, 2013
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- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Italian
- Home Country
- Italy
- Current Location
- Italy
1)As it was getting late, we decided to press on/ walk on. Could they both used with the same meaning?
2)I'm sorry to butt in/ break in on you, but I just listened in on you and I have got to say... I think both verbs mean to interrupt in this context, but "butt in" is to join a conversation, taking part, and break in underlines more the fact that someone interrupts the conversation to say something. Is that correct?
3)I didn't want to do it but they egged me on. Does it mean to push someone into doing something? Are they commonly used? Has it got the same meaning of "they put me up to it"?
Thank you all.
2)I'm sorry to butt in/ break in on you, but I just listened in on you and I have got to say... I think both verbs mean to interrupt in this context, but "butt in" is to join a conversation, taking part, and break in underlines more the fact that someone interrupts the conversation to say something. Is that correct?
3)I didn't want to do it but they egged me on. Does it mean to push someone into doing something? Are they commonly used? Has it got the same meaning of "they put me up to it"?
Thank you all.