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LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
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| Autor: | Dale-USA |
| E-mail: | dale_thomas2004@yahoo.com.br |
| Data: | 22/JUL/2011 11:31 AM |
| Assunto: | contentar-se |
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to make do with = To use or be content with what you have available. --I have $100. I would like $200, but that is an impossible dream and I will have to make do with $100. (Do I have $100? Yes. Do I want more? Yes. Will I get more? No. What can I do? I must find a way to resolve my problem with less than all the money I want/need.) --I have food for three people but four people are coming to dinner. I will make do with what I have. (Do I have enough food? No. Do I want more? Yes. Will I get more? No. What will I do? I don't know, but I will have to put more water in the soup or find another way for four people to be content with food for three.) to settle for = To be content with what someone else has available for you --John has $100 he can lend me. I would like $200, but that is an impossible dream and I will have to settle for $100. (Do I have $100? No, but John has $100. Can he lend me more? No. Do I want more? Yes. Will I get more? No. What must I do? I must either accept the money and find a way to resolve my problem with it, or I can refuse it.) ----I have food for three people but four people are coming to dinner. They will have to settle for less food. (Do I have enough food? No. Do I want more? Yes. Will I get more? No. What can I do? Well, my guests must be content with less food, they must settle for less food.) I hope you understand the examples I give. |
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contentar-se – Charlotte 22/JUL/2011, 7:54 AM 
contentar-se – Dale-USA 
22/JUL/2011, 11:31 AM contentar-se – Charlotte 22/JUL/2011, 12:56 PM