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12 dez 2014
- Japonês
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Inglês (EUA)
Pergunta sobre Inglês (EUA)
""Attentive at best, and bored at worst, perhaps wondering why they should be listening to you.""
I cant understand this sentence and grammar. Could you help me??
""Attentive at best, and bored at worst, perhaps wondering why they should be listening to you.""
I cant understand this sentence and grammar. Could you help me??
I cant understand this sentence and grammar. Could you help me??
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- Inglês (EUA)
- Português (Portugal) Quase Fluente
It means that, in the best case scenario, your audience is attentive. In the worst case scenario, they are bored. You can't be sure which, so this kind of sentence structure allows you to speculate about the possibilities, based on the information that you have.
- Inglês (EUA)
- Português (Portugal) Quase Fluente
For example, if you were trapped in a cage with a lion, and it began to walk toward you, you could think to yourself "He's curious at best, and hungry at worst... Either way, I think I'm in trouble!"
- Inglês (EUA)
@sugo, I really love your first response. I concur.
- Japonês
Thank you so much!! I got it!!
Easy to understand because of concreate example. I appriciate it.
Easy to understand because of concreate example. I appriciate it.
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