Jun 23, 2006 19:19
17 yrs ago
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English term
sadik
anything short of
Non-PRO
English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
she will do anything short of murder to achieve her goal
what doe anything short for murder mean here? Thank you
what doe anything short for murder mean here? Thank you
Responses
| 4 +7 | anything except |
Robert Forstag
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| 4 +5 | except |
Chiquipaisa
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| 5 +3 | anything excluding/except/but |
Lesley Burgon
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| 5 | almost anything except murder |
Fan Gao
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Responses
+7
2 mins
Robert Forstag
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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68
Selected
anything except
This is what it means.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+5
2 mins
Chiquipaisa
Native in English
&
English
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to Spanish, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
except
That she will do anything except murder to acheive her goal.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
NancyLynn
3 mins
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Thank you, NancyLynn.
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| agree |
Suzan Hamer
1 hr
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Thank you, Suzan.
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| agree |
anastasia t (X)
10 hrs
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Thanks, anastasia.
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| agree |
DarekS
14 hrs
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Thanks, DarekS.
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| agree |
Alison Jenner
16 hrs
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Thanks, Alison.
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2 mins
almost anything except murder
It means she will do almost anything except for murder to achieve her goal.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Suzan Hamer
: Since all the answers are so similar, and I'm agreeing with everyone else, I'll agree with you too, except for the almost. The "almost" could be inferred here, but the text says ANYTHING short of / except / but murder.
1 hr
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| disagree |
Cilian O'Tuama
: agree with Suzan, and the disagree is because IMO a less than perfect answer given with CL 5 deserves one. No hard feelings. ;-)
5 hrs
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No problem, totally agree with you:))
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+3
5 mins
anything excluding/except/but
I guess that's the world we live in ... (unfortunately) there are some people without scruples who would do pratically anything to get what they want! This is an idiomatic expression
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Suzan Hamer
1 hr
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thanks Suzan
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| agree |
anastasia t (X)
10 hrs
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| agree |
DarekS
14 hrs
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