Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Years"
The meaning of "Years" in various phrases and sentences
Q:
What does they need to catch up on years of sleep mean?
A:
If you slept for a very short time last night and you want to sleep more hours tonight (because you're tired and 眠い), that's called "catching up on sleep".
Q:
What does for 35 years now mean?
A:
That would normally be a length of time such as since 35 years ago. A duration in which one has done something.
Q:
What does "ever in a million years" in "Did you ever in a million years think you'd come up to this room?" mean?
A:
定型文みたいなもので強調の働きですね。
in a million years, 時間が長すぎてほぼ不可能というニュアンスで、
did you < did you ever < did you ever in a million yearsの方が一番強いです。やや大げさで実際に使うことは滅多にないですね。
in a million years, 時間が長すぎてほぼ不可能というニュアンスで、
did you < did you ever < did you ever in a million yearsの方が一番強いです。やや大げさで実際に使うことは滅多にないですね。
Q:
What does where were you 25 years ago? does that literally mean where you were or what you did? mean?
A:
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Q:
What does They were both well along in years. What is 'well along'? mean?
A:
“well along in years” means “old” or “elderly.”
So they were both elderly.
So they were both elderly.
Example sentences using "Years"
Q:
Please show me example sentences with for 10 years.
A:
for ... years often associate with 'present perfect continuous '
1. I have been studying english for ten years
2. He has been working at that company for ten years
3. i haven't been dancing for ten years
1. I have been studying english for ten years
2. He has been working at that company for ten years
3. i haven't been dancing for ten years
Q:
Please show me example sentences with I've been here several years ago.
Is it(have pp + ago) correct?
Are you talking like this?
Thanks.
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Is it(have pp + ago) correct?
Are you talking like this?
Thanks.
.
A:
Examples:
Yes! I remember, I've been here several years ago.
This place looks familiar... I think I have been here many years ago.
Yes, I've been here a couple years ago.
Yes I've been there, 7 years ago.
These are all commonly used.
Yes! I remember, I've been here several years ago.
This place looks familiar... I think I have been here many years ago.
Yes, I've been here a couple years ago.
Yes I've been there, 7 years ago.
These are all commonly used.
Q:
Please show me example sentences with good for (two years or something).
A:
You can use this expression in a few different ways.
Good for (a certain amount of time) = will last for
The new roof will be good for two years.
Meaning = The new roof will be of good quality for two years
Good for (something)= is helpful for
This new app is good for linguists.
Meaning = This new app is helpful for linguists
Good for (an illness) = will remove
Drinking whiskey is good for a cold.
Meaning = Drinking whiskey will help remove a cold
There is also an expression ‘good for nothing’ = useless, although it’s a little bit old-fashioned
That boy is good for nothing = he is useless
It can also be used as a noun:
He is a real good for nothing.
Good for (a certain amount of time) = will last for
The new roof will be good for two years.
Meaning = The new roof will be of good quality for two years
Good for (something)= is helpful for
This new app is good for linguists.
Meaning = This new app is helpful for linguists
Good for (an illness) = will remove
Drinking whiskey is good for a cold.
Meaning = Drinking whiskey will help remove a cold
There is also an expression ‘good for nothing’ = useless, although it’s a little bit old-fashioned
That boy is good for nothing = he is useless
It can also be used as a noun:
He is a real good for nothing.
Q:
Please show me example sentences with I have total of over 7 years of experience working as a designer, with 5 years as a creative fashion designer..
A:
はい、とても自然です
Q:
Please show me example sentences with Over the years.
A:
Over the years, the town has grown into a large city.
His coin collection has increased in value over the years.
His coin collection has increased in value over the years.
Synonyms of "Years" and their differences
Q:
What is the difference between In some years time we will be asking the same kind of questions. and In some years' time we will be asking the same kind of questions. ?
A:
Es “In some years’ time”.
Pero la vdd es una pregunta excepcional. Diría yo que pocos de los nativos de mi país (EEUU) van a saber la repuesta correcta.
Pero la vdd es una pregunta excepcional. Diría yo que pocos de los nativos de mi país (EEUU) van a saber la repuesta correcta.
Q:
What is the difference between she's spent the last few years in ... and she spent the last few years in ... ?
A:
@5gock 아마도 “she’s” 보단 “she spent”가 맞습니다 - depending on the context. She’s는 = ‘she is’ + adjective (형용)사 or verb (동사). It’s typically used in present tense UNLESS You are trying to say ‘she + has’ (past tense) spent the last five years living…
Edit: it depends on what you are trying to say.
She’s = conjugated words between
“she + is” (present tense) or
“She + has” (past tense)
“She spent the last 5 years living” can be used more liberally
Edit: it depends on what you are trying to say.
She’s = conjugated words between
“she + is” (present tense) or
“She + has” (past tense)
“She spent the last 5 years living” can be used more liberally
Q:
What is the difference between We haven’t spoken in years. and We haven’t spoken for years. ?
A:
Both sentences mean the same thing, but “we haven’t spoken in years” sounds more natural.
Q:
What is the difference between "8 years? Holy hell. He SHOULD HAVE BREAK UP with her a LONG time ago" and "8 years? Holy hell. He SHOULD HAVE BROKEN UP with her a LONG time ago" ?
A:
the second one is good, the first one is not.
Q:
What is the difference between over the last few years and over the last a few years ?
A:
The second one is incorrect (“a” should not be included).
Translations of "Years"
Q:
How do you say this in English (US)? 개구장이(very young, so cute, under 5 years old)
mischievous boy? punk kid? naughty boy?
mischievous boy? punk kid? naughty boy?
A:
You can say “mischievous child” or “rascal”
Q:
How do you say this in English (US)? “two years ago today”
“two years ago yesterday”
(eg. this is the photo of us two years ago today.. we first met here today 10 years ago…)
“two years ago yesterday”
(eg. this is the photo of us two years ago today.. we first met here today 10 years ago…)
A:
Today /yesterday comes last –
We first met here 10 years ago today…
Today /yesterday comes last –
We first met here 10 years ago today…
Q:
How do you say this in English (US)? YO. means years old?
A:
YO can be used in writing. it is an abbreviation.
Q:
How do you say this in English (US)? after all of those years, I could/would have scarcely done nothing
I'm not sure which one to use here. can you explain the difference of meaning?
I'm not sure which one to use here. can you explain the difference of meaning?
A:
Could suggests ability.
Would suggest desire, and possibly also ability.
Also, there are grammar issues with ending either sentence with "nothing."
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After all of those years, I scarcely COULD have done anything. (I was powerless to help or make a change when someone needed me.)
I couldn't help financially because I was also poor.
After all those years, I scarcely WOULD have done anything. (Maybe something bad happened to me in the past, and I've decided not to do something, for better or for worse.
Even though they were rude to me for years, I wouldn't want be vengeful now.
Would suggest desire, and possibly also ability.
Also, there are grammar issues with ending either sentence with "nothing."
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After all of those years, I scarcely COULD have done anything. (I was powerless to help or make a change when someone needed me.)
I couldn't help financially because I was also poor.
After all those years, I scarcely WOULD have done anything. (Maybe something bad happened to me in the past, and I've decided not to do something, for better or for worse.
Even though they were rude to me for years, I wouldn't want be vengeful now.
Q:
How do you say this in English (UK)? “She writes 10 years diary every day and often tells me what happened today a year ago. “
Is this sentence correct and natural?
Is this sentence correct and natural?
A:
She writes in her TenYear Diary every day and often tells me what happened on the day 1 year ago
Other questions about "Years"
Q:
A few years ago, we watched a Tottenham game where Son Heung-min plays. And you know what? He scored 3 goals! Does this sound natural?
A:
× A few years ago, we watched a Tottenham game where Son Heung-min plays.
✓ A few years ago, we watched a Tottenham game where Son Heung-min played / was playing.
× He scored 3 goals!
✓ He scored three goals!
✓ A few years ago, we watched a Tottenham game where Son Heung-min played / was playing.
× He scored 3 goals!
✓ He scored three goals!
Q:
It'd been three million years since I'd been sleeping in peat when a malicious pickax cut my neck clean Does this sound natural?
A:
× It'd been three million years since I'd been sleeping in peat when a malicious pickax cut my neck clean
✓ It had been three million years since I'd been sleeping in peat when a malicious pickax cut my neck clean
To my knowledge you cannot make a contraction from it and had, at least not in writing. Many people do something like that when speaking though
✓ It had been three million years since I'd been sleeping in peat when a malicious pickax cut my neck clean
To my knowledge you cannot make a contraction from it and had, at least not in writing. Many people do something like that when speaking though
Q:
I became thick-skinned through my three years of living abroad. Does this sound natural?
A:
× I became thick-skinned through my three years of living abroad.
✓ I became thick-skinned from my three years of living abroad.
I would say "from" here or maybe "as a result of"
✓ I became thick-skinned from my three years of living abroad.
I would say "from" here or maybe "as a result of"
Q:
1925. It has already been more than two years since Benito Mussolini, at the head of his blackshirts, took power in Italy following his march on Rome.
Since then, the fascist regime has increased its dictatorial control every day.
From 1924, a wave of repressions triggered by the blackshirts tore apart the ranks of the opposition, and Mussolini did not even back down from the outright assassination of Representative Matteotti, secretary of the Socialist Party.
The persecution has become such that, to escape the deportation camps, many opponents leave the peninsula clandestinely, but they are hunted down by the Duce's secret services who strive to eliminate the nuclei of resistance which are forming almost everywhere in Europe. Does this sound natural?
Since then, the fascist regime has increased its dictatorial control every day.
From 1924, a wave of repressions triggered by the blackshirts tore apart the ranks of the opposition, and Mussolini did not even back down from the outright assassination of Representative Matteotti, secretary of the Socialist Party.
The persecution has become such that, to escape the deportation camps, many opponents leave the peninsula clandestinely, but they are hunted down by the Duce's secret services who strive to eliminate the nuclei of resistance which are forming almost everywhere in Europe. Does this sound natural?
A:
× Since then, the fascist regime has increased its dictatorial influence every day.
✓ Since then, the fascist regime has increased its dictatorial power/control every day.
× The persecution becomes such that, to escape the deportation camps, many opponents leave the peninsula clandestinely, but they are hunted down by the Duce's secret services who strive to eliminate the nuclei of resistance which are forming almost everywhere in Europe.
✓ The persecution has become such that, to escape the deportation camps, many opponents leave the peninsula clandestinely, but they are hunted down by the Duce's secret services who strive to eliminate the nuclei of resistance which are forming almost everywhere in Europe.
✓ Since then, the fascist regime has increased its dictatorial power/control every day.
× The persecution becomes such that, to escape the deportation camps, many opponents leave the peninsula clandestinely, but they are hunted down by the Duce's secret services who strive to eliminate the nuclei of resistance which are forming almost everywhere in Europe.
✓ The persecution has become such that, to escape the deportation camps, many opponents leave the peninsula clandestinely, but they are hunted down by the Duce's secret services who strive to eliminate the nuclei of resistance which are forming almost everywhere in Europe.
Q:
When I was 13 years old, I lost the wallet that my father had lent for me. And actually, the wallet was bought by his mother. So I really regret even now. If I went back to that time, I would tell me about I must be more careful to not lose it. Does this sound natural?
A:
× When I was 13 years old, I lost the wallet that my father had lent for me.
✓ When I was 13 years old, I lost the wallet that my father had lent me,
× And actually, the wallet was bought by his mother.
✓ The wallet was actually bought by his mother,
× So I really regret even now.
✓ So I really regret losing it, even now.
× If I went back to that time, I would tell me about I must be more careful to not lose it.
✓ If I could go back to that time, I would tell myself that I must be more careful not to lose it.
Hope this helps :)
✓ When I was 13 years old, I lost the wallet that my father had lent me,
× And actually, the wallet was bought by his mother.
✓ The wallet was actually bought by his mother,
× So I really regret even now.
✓ So I really regret losing it, even now.
× If I went back to that time, I would tell me about I must be more careful to not lose it.
✓ If I could go back to that time, I would tell myself that I must be more careful not to lose it.
Hope this helps :)
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