Commare - WordReference Forums Maria, welcome to the WR Forums Commare is not in Italian, rather a Southern dialect The correct spelling in Italian is comare Unlike the word compare (same word but for a man) that was less fortunate, comare has several meanings: 1 = godmother 2 = neighbour who likes gossip 3 = it can also be a title before the name (in the South) Depending on the context it can also be used for woman, old
compare to with - WordReference Forums Compare to: to show likeness between two unlike things In the poem, she compares her loneliness to a ship lost at sea Compare with: to analyze two liken things In the poem, she compares her own lonely apartment with her sister's happier home
Liken vs compare vs analogize - WordReference Forums To me compare and liken can be used interchangeably in this specific case, however in many other contexts when X is being compared to Y, the whole point of doing the comparison is to identify differences, not similarities Additionally, I guess the verb analogize is rarely used in English (either in AE or BE,) so we can even forget about it PS
shall I compare thee to a summers day - WordReference Forums I know it won't be the same but I would like try Thanks a lot ! SHALL I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date
ce nest qualors - WordReference Forums Hi! I would like to say: "Ce n'est qu'alors que nous serons en mesure d'effectuer une évaluation finale" I am writing an essay and must compare and evaluate two statutes Thanks for your precious help;)
(the) most brightly | WordReference Forums The first sentence: The sun shines most brightly at midday (there is only one sun and it shines most brightly at midday) The second sentence: She dances the most beautifully of all (one girl in comparison to others, of all who are there to compare her with) What do you think?
worth ones skin - WordReference Forums What does 'to be worth one's skin' mean? -> it seems to be a phrase that the author has invented (Compare: "It will cost you your life" <- common phrasal verb) It mean that you will be killed executed
When + ing. Is it possible? - WordReference Forums Compare a non-finite clause: when going for a picnic 'Going' has no tense; it is a participle There is no subject, so the idea must be inherited from a previous verb, or it must be general: We find it always rains when going for a picnic [= when we go] It always rains when going for a picnic [when people you anyone go (es)]
Test rig, test stand or test bench - WordReference Forums I see it as one of two different things It canbe something designed to hold something in a fixed position (compare "music stand"), or it can be an exhibit at a trade fair for the purpose of demonstrating something To carry out his PhD, he needed to build a dedicated test rig, This project requires a cost-intensive test stand,
Verb to take meaning need require | WordReference Forums Hi, native speakers of English! In a grammar book (Advanced Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press), we are told that "We can use it with take when we say what is or was needed in a particular activity" We are then asked to compare these two sentences: "It takes a lot of effort to play