vil
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Dear teachers,
Would you tell me whether I am right about my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
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[FONT="]The Doctor on his… mare was making good work of it across the plains. (H. Kingsley, “The Recollection of Geoffrey Hamlyn”)[/FONT]
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[FONT="]make good work of = cope well with[/FONT]
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But he couldn't make it work.[FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]make something work = compel something to work[/FONT]
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[FONT="]“The thing wants tackling,” he grumbled “the Chairman’s not the man for the job!” Shades of old uncle Jolyon. He would have made short work of this! It wanted a masterful hand. (J. Galsworthy, “The White Monkey”) [/FONT]
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[FONT="]A car, however old and rickety, would make short work of those miles. (A. Christie, “They come to Baghdad”)[/FONT]
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[FONT="]make short work of something = do something with dispatch/ in a jiffy; fix someone, settle someone’s hash[/FONT]
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[FONT="]He had his own house. That was not only one of the perquisites of his office, but it was a necessity, since if he had lodged in the prison camp the convicts would have made short work of him. (W. S. Maugham, “Complete Short Stories”)[/FONT]
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[FONT="]make short work of = kill, bump off someone, make away with someone[/FONT]
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Thanks for your efforts.
Regards,
V
Would you tell me whether I am right about my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
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[FONT="]The Doctor on his… mare was making good work of it across the plains. (H. Kingsley, “The Recollection of Geoffrey Hamlyn”)[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]make good work of = cope well with[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
But he couldn't make it work.[FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]make something work = compel something to work[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]“The thing wants tackling,” he grumbled “the Chairman’s not the man for the job!” Shades of old uncle Jolyon. He would have made short work of this! It wanted a masterful hand. (J. Galsworthy, “The White Monkey”) [/FONT]
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[FONT="]A car, however old and rickety, would make short work of those miles. (A. Christie, “They come to Baghdad”)[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]make short work of something = do something with dispatch/ in a jiffy; fix someone, settle someone’s hash[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]He had his own house. That was not only one of the perquisites of his office, but it was a necessity, since if he had lodged in the prison camp the convicts would have made short work of him. (W. S. Maugham, “Complete Short Stories”)[/FONT]
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[FONT="]make short work of = kill, bump off someone, make away with someone[/FONT]
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Thanks for your efforts.
Regards,
V