Hever
Member
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2011
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Germany
- Current Location
- Germany
A student of mine, who recently returned from her year in Canada, "warned me that she had used the term "to conquer a task" in her exam paper, just in case I did not know it.
Well, I did not and even though one can google it, I find it striking that it does not appear in dictionaries.
Is it so new? Is it established usage or divided usage? Where does it come from?
The way the girl used it in her paper was to say that nobody knows if Obama can "conquer all the tasks he has to carry out".
Thank you very much in advance.
Well, I did not and even though one can google it, I find it striking that it does not appear in dictionaries.
Is it so new? Is it established usage or divided usage? Where does it come from?
The way the girl used it in her paper was to say that nobody knows if Obama can "conquer all the tasks he has to carry out".
Thank you very much in advance.