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- 葡萄牙語 (巴西) 接近流利
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I may as well have 是什麼意思
I may as well have 是什麼意思
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It's an expression to say "I didn't do it, but the way things happened, it wouldn't have mattered if I did it or not".
For example, if you say something to someone and they get offended, and someone asks you "did you insult them?", you can reply "I may as well have", which means "I didn't insult them, but even if I didn't, they're acting like I did insult them, so it doesn't really matter that I didn't".
Another example: If you eat a lot at a buffet restaurant, and someone sees your plates and asks "wow, did you eat the entire buffet by yourself?", you can say "I may as well have", because the feeling of fullness in your stomach is the same than if you actually had eaten the entire buffet by yourself.
Also, this expression can be used to compare extreme imagery, but that's a little more advanced. For example, if you're a really good swimmer, someone can say to you "Was your mother a fish?" (comparing you to a fish because you swim so well) and you can say "she may as well have been", because even if she isn't an ACTUAL fish, of course, you swim so well that it wouldn't have changed anything if she was.
I hope that makes sense, I really tried to make it simple but this is a hard expression to explain haha.
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@InvidiaCasually Hello, how's it going?
I would like to know if I can say: "That's what they can afford for" instead "that's what they can pay for" ?
I would like to know if I can say: "That's what they can afford for" instead "that's what they can pay for" ?
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@voliveira164 Hiya! You actually have to say "That's what they can afford", because you pay FOR something, but you don't afford FOR something. You just have to say that you can "afford something"
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I would like to practice more, but here is kinda hard to find people who speaks English
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@voliveira164 this is not the best application to have conversations with people because it doesn't have private messaging. you're better off finding another language exchange app with private messaging. this app is best for asking specific questions. good luck!!
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@voliveira164 no, unfortunately i don't know any. i just use this one. i'm sure you can get a few from google searches though!
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Ok. I'll.
Can you tell me if is it common to use "did" in affirmative sentences ?
Can you tell me if is it common to use "did" in affirmative sentences ?
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Is it right to say "and then next like an hour" to say "one hour later"?
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- 葡萄牙語 (巴西) 接近流利
but is it possible to use it in any other context ?
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you say: i just washed my car and then next like hour it rains
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@voliveira164 "I washed my car and an hour later it rained." Otherwise the verb tenses get all mixed up.
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Hi. I would like to know if I can use holding on to ask about how's she/he is dealing with (after something bad has been happened) or if it's more common to use holding up??
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