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What type of conditional is “If you're going to… you've got to…”?
In a cartoon (Peanuts) I saw the conditional : 'If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this...'.
Can you explain me why it is the ‘first conditional’?
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Which one of the different meanings of the word “consensus” to choose
I'm struggling with a translation of a technical text describing the process of minimization of a logical function (computer science & tech. stuff) and I don't seem to compe up with any logical ...
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What do these words and sentences mean?
I'm translating an episode of a TV series called "Sons of Anarchy". In a scene (where business partners have a meeting):
A: "Quinn showed us some Red Woody rough cuts. Business is good."
B: ...
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What does “small way” mean?
I want to ask the meaning of this passage:
He was falling, landing heavily on the rocks of the creek bed. He lay there, gulping in the sweet air among the rocks. He must carry on down, even a small ...
