vil
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Dear teachers,
Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet.
concede = to yield or make concession
The former president conceded the election to the opposing party.
The defeated nation conceded some of their land to the enemy.
concede = lose
I concede that I might have been wrong.
concede = suppose, think, assume
The candidate refused to concede defeat.
The athlete conceded when he saw that he had lost.
He conceded ten points to his opponent.
concede = acknowledge
The children sometimes work up to 16 hours a day to get some money together.
work up = increase one's skill, status, or responsibility through effort
The sun, that rolls his chariot o'er their heads, works up more fire and color in their cheeks.
work up = to raise; to excite; to stir up
To make over or into something else, as yarns drawn from old rigging, made into spun yarn, foxes, sennit, and the like; also, to keep constantly at work upon needless matters, as a crew in order to punish them.
work up = to expend in any work, as materials
Some turn to crime on their own. Others are forced by organized rings to turn to crime.
turn to = begin work, apply oneself to
Thank you for your efforts.
Regards,
V.
Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet.
concede = to yield or make concession
The former president conceded the election to the opposing party.
The defeated nation conceded some of their land to the enemy.
concede = lose
I concede that I might have been wrong.
concede = suppose, think, assume
The candidate refused to concede defeat.
The athlete conceded when he saw that he had lost.
He conceded ten points to his opponent.
concede = acknowledge
The children sometimes work up to 16 hours a day to get some money together.
work up = increase one's skill, status, or responsibility through effort
The sun, that rolls his chariot o'er their heads, works up more fire and color in their cheeks.
work up = to raise; to excite; to stir up
To make over or into something else, as yarns drawn from old rigging, made into spun yarn, foxes, sennit, and the like; also, to keep constantly at work upon needless matters, as a crew in order to punish them.
work up = to expend in any work, as materials
Some turn to crime on their own. Others are forced by organized rings to turn to crime.
turn to = begin work, apply oneself to
Thank you for your efforts.
Regards,
V.