Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Years"
The meaning of "Years" in various phrases and sentences
Q:
Что значит Recent years have witnessed the posthumous inflation of the role of the hobbyist Alice Austen into that of a pioneering documentarian.?
A:
It means something that she did as a hobby when she was alive has taken on greater importance since her death. It has also become a great historical resource, and what she did when she alive has become more significant.
Q:
Что значит For the first 27 years of his life,?
A:
@JOHNNYJOESTAR: Until he was 27 years old
Q:
Что значит over the three years?
A:
"Over the three years of your training, you'll learn how to be an electrician."
"Over the ten years I was in the Army, I didn't leave the country once."
"over the three years" and "during the three years" mean the same thing.
"In those three years," is referring to three years that aren't currently occuring.
"In these three years," is referring to three years that are currently occuring.
"Over the ten years I was in the Army, I didn't leave the country once."
"over the three years" and "during the three years" mean the same thing.
"In those three years," is referring to three years that aren't currently occuring.
"In these three years," is referring to three years that are currently occuring.
Q:
Что значит Thirty years in the making,?
A:
It means it started 30 years ago and is still being made.
Q:
Что значит I know for years I bought into that lie?
A:
Another way to say the phrase "For years I bought into that lie" is "I believed in that lie for many years". In this case, "bought into" means that you invested trust into something.
Example sentences using "Years"
Q:
Покажите мне примеры предложений с 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:
Покажите мне примеры предложений с I've been here several years ago.
Is it(have pp + ago) correct?
Are you talking like this?
Thanks.
.
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:
Покажите мне примеры предложений с 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:
Покажите мне примеры предложений с 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:
Покажите мне примеры предложений с 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:
В чем разница между in a few years и in the next few years ?
A:
You can use either one - but when you say "in the next few years" it could mean that you will be doing it within the next few years and "in a few years " could mean that you will wait for a few more years until you try it. Hope that makes sense haha
Q:
В чем разница между I’ve been working for 5 years. и I worked for 5 years. ?
A:
working indicates present tense. Worked is past tense. in working you are currently employed and in worked you are not.
Q:
В чем разница между for the past few years и over the past few years ?
A:
They mean the same, but saying "over the past few years" would sound more natural (:
Q:
В чем разница между I've been learning English for two years. и I've learned English for two years. ?
A:
@prominencial: "Been learning" means you still are learning now. "Have learned" means you once learned but you are not currently learning.
Q:
В чем разница между I haven't spoken to her in years. и I haven't spoken to her for years. ?
A:
They are both acceptable and mean the same thing, but "in years" is much more common.
Translations of "Years"
Q:
Как сказать на Английском (британский вариант)? This was 7 years ago. Time is passing quickly. In an informal way?
A:
This was 7 years ago, time goes so quickly.
That's a way of saying it more casually, I suppose.
That's a way of saying it more casually, I suppose.
Q:
Как сказать на Английском (американский вариант)? I am older many years than you
A:
You can say "I'm many years older than you" or more commonly "I'm much older than you."
I'll give you audios for both :)
I'll give you audios for both :)
Q:
Как сказать на Английском (американский вариант)? Another two years {is / are ?} ... (e.g. required to complete the new building.)
A:
'another two years' is always a measuring noun because of 'another'. so you can only use 'is', no matter what comes after
Q:
Как сказать на Английском (американский вариант)? in the past 20 years, I had been loved by my parents. I can never feel any love anymore since they leaved me.
A:
In the past 20 years, I have been loved by my parents. However I can never feel love anymore ever since they left me.
Q:
Как сказать на Английском (американский вариант)? Hello!I Nastya.I'm from Ukraine.I'm 15 years old.And I ' people about their age to communicate.
A:
Hello! I'm Nastaya. I'm from Ukraine. I'm fifteen years old, and I would like to talk with people that are about my age.
Other questions about "Years"
Q:
Has it been 2 years since you and your family moved to Canada?
Is that okay?
Is that okay?
A:
@rosy_choy Yeah! It’s written correctly, you can add ‘already’ after years too
Q:
Over the past twenty years we have seen many welcome changes in our life, some of which dramatically influenced the way we live. The phenomenon is prevailing in society nowdays, for the rapid development of society.
The change in our life can be listed as follows. To begin with, people contacted others mainly by sending them letters in the past, however now we chat by phone. Next, another big change is in my living conditions, for I used to live in a bungalow, but now I live in an apartment.
From what has been discussed above, we may draw the conclusion that the change make our life become comfortable and convinient. I reckon it is reflection of the improvment of conprehensive national strength.
The problem might seem complicated, but I firmly believe there will be more amazing changes in the future. это звучит нормально?
The change in our life can be listed as follows. To begin with, people contacted others mainly by sending them letters in the past, however now we chat by phone. Next, another big change is in my living conditions, for I used to live in a bungalow, but now I live in an apartment.
From what has been discussed above, we may draw the conclusion that the change make our life become comfortable and convinient. I reckon it is reflection of the improvment of conprehensive national strength.
The problem might seem complicated, but I firmly believe there will be more amazing changes in the future. это звучит нормально?
A:
× Over the past twenty years we have seen many welcome changes in our life, some of which dramatically influenced the way we live.
✓ Over the past twenty years we have seen many changes in our lives, some of which dramatically influence
the way we live.
× To begin with, people contacted others mainly by sending them letters in the past, however now we chat by phone.
✓ To begin with, people contacted others mainly by sending them letters in the past, however, we now chat by phone.
× Next, another big change is in my living conditions, for I used to live in a bungalow, but now I live in an apartment.
✓ Next, another big change regards my living conditions, I used to live in a bungalow but now I live in an apartment.
× From what has been discussed above, we may draw the conclusion that the change make our life become comfortable and convinient.
✓ From what has been discussed above, we may draw the conclusion that the changes make our lives become comfortable and convenient.
× I reckon it is reflection of the improvment of conprehensive national strength.
✓ I reckon it is a reflection of the improvement of comprehensive national strength.
wow your english is better than mine😓😅 I hope I helped a bit!
✓ Over the past twenty years we have seen many changes in our lives, some of which dramatically influence
the way we live.
× To begin with, people contacted others mainly by sending them letters in the past, however now we chat by phone.
✓ To begin with, people contacted others mainly by sending them letters in the past, however, we now chat by phone.
× Next, another big change is in my living conditions, for I used to live in a bungalow, but now I live in an apartment.
✓ Next, another big change regards my living conditions, I used to live in a bungalow but now I live in an apartment.
× From what has been discussed above, we may draw the conclusion that the change make our life become comfortable and convinient.
✓ From what has been discussed above, we may draw the conclusion that the changes make our lives become comfortable and convenient.
× I reckon it is reflection of the improvment of conprehensive national strength.
✓ I reckon it is a reflection of the improvement of comprehensive national strength.
wow your english is better than mine😓😅 I hope I helped a bit!
Q:
I have a 6 years old daughter.
It is like a war to sending her to school every morning.
My daughter is too relaxed.
She has to arrive at the classroom by 8:20, It's not far from here. It takes about 10 minutes to drive.
I wake up around 6 a.m. and I'm really busy preparing breakfast and packing a lunch box and snack.
I wake her up at 7 a.m. every morning, I have her to eat, wash up, get dressed, and I want her to do all these quickly, but I'm always busy and she is relaxed, so I'm really frustrated.
Yesterday, I nagged her to prepare quickly and she said she would leave my place after school. Her dad told me not to get stressed about her being late or not and if she is late a few times, she would be embarrassed and fix. это звучит нормально?
It is like a war to sending her to school every morning.
My daughter is too relaxed.
She has to arrive at the classroom by 8:20, It's not far from here. It takes about 10 minutes to drive.
I wake up around 6 a.m. and I'm really busy preparing breakfast and packing a lunch box and snack.
I wake her up at 7 a.m. every morning, I have her to eat, wash up, get dressed, and I want her to do all these quickly, but I'm always busy and she is relaxed, so I'm really frustrated.
Yesterday, I nagged her to prepare quickly and she said she would leave my place after school. Her dad told me not to get stressed about her being late or not and if she is late a few times, she would be embarrassed and fix. это звучит нормально?
A:
× I have a 6 years old daughter.
✓ I have a 6 year-old daughter.
× It is like a war to sending her to school every morning.
✓ It is like a war sending her off to school every morning.
× My daughter is too relaxed.
✓ My daughter is too lazy (?).
× She has to arrive at the classroom by 8:20, It's not far from here.
✓ She has to arrive at the classroom by 8:20 AM. It's not far from here.
× I wake up around 6 a.m. and I'm really busy preparing breakfast and packing a lunch box and snack.
✓ I wake up around 6 a.m. and I'm really busy preparing breakfast and packing a lunch box and snacks.
× I wake her up at 7 a.m. every morning, I have her to eat, wash up, get dressed, and I want her to do all these quickly, but I'm always busy and she is relaxed, so I'm really frustrated.
✓ I wake her up at 7 a.m. every morning, I have her eat, wash up, get dressed, and I want her to do all these quickly, but I'm always busy and she always drags her heels, so I grow really frustrated.
YOU NEED TO TAKE SOME LESSONS FROM MEDEA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pljJx52ufo
✓ I have a 6 year-old daughter.
× It is like a war to sending her to school every morning.
✓ It is like a war sending her off to school every morning.
× My daughter is too relaxed.
✓ My daughter is too lazy (?).
× She has to arrive at the classroom by 8:20, It's not far from here.
✓ She has to arrive at the classroom by 8:20 AM. It's not far from here.
× I wake up around 6 a.m. and I'm really busy preparing breakfast and packing a lunch box and snack.
✓ I wake up around 6 a.m. and I'm really busy preparing breakfast and packing a lunch box and snacks.
× I wake her up at 7 a.m. every morning, I have her to eat, wash up, get dressed, and I want her to do all these quickly, but I'm always busy and she is relaxed, so I'm really frustrated.
✓ I wake her up at 7 a.m. every morning, I have her eat, wash up, get dressed, and I want her to do all these quickly, but I'm always busy and she always drags her heels, so I grow really frustrated.
YOU NEED TO TAKE SOME LESSONS FROM MEDEA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pljJx52ufo
Q:
It will have lapsed 10 years next month since the Tohoku earthquake whose magnitude was 9.0. Tonight, an earthquake occurred in the ocean near Fukushima. I was on the train at that time. Passengers looked calm and nobody was panic, but I know a lot of people remembered that terrible earthquake in Tohoku and are afriad of that. Tonight epicenter was very close to the one that occured Tohoku earthquake. We know there were some earthquakes like today's one before Tohoku earthquake. I wish anything wrong will not happen. это звучит нормально?
A:
× It will have lapsed 10 years next month since the Tohoku earthquake whose magnitude was 9.0.
✓ It will have been 10 years next month since the 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake.
× Passengers looked calm and nobody was panic, but I know a lot of people remembered that terrible earthquake in Tohoku and are afriad of that.
✓ Passengers looked calm and nobody was panicking, but I know a lot of people remembered that terrible earthquake in Tohoku and are afraid of that.
× Tonight epicenter was very close to the one that occured Tohoku earthquake.
✓ The epicenter last night was very close to the one from the Tohoku earthquake.
× We know there were some earthquakes like today's one before Tohoku earthquake.
✓ We know there were some earthquakes like today's before the Tohoku earthquake.
× I wish anything wrong will not happen.
✓ I wish nothing wrong will happen.
I saw a headline about this! It seems like there are so many earthquakes in Japan.
✓ It will have been 10 years next month since the 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake.
× Passengers looked calm and nobody was panic, but I know a lot of people remembered that terrible earthquake in Tohoku and are afriad of that.
✓ Passengers looked calm and nobody was panicking, but I know a lot of people remembered that terrible earthquake in Tohoku and are afraid of that.
× Tonight epicenter was very close to the one that occured Tohoku earthquake.
✓ The epicenter last night was very close to the one from the Tohoku earthquake.
× We know there were some earthquakes like today's one before Tohoku earthquake.
✓ We know there were some earthquakes like today's before the Tohoku earthquake.
× I wish anything wrong will not happen.
✓ I wish nothing wrong will happen.
I saw a headline about this! It seems like there are so many earthquakes in Japan.
Q:
I thought twenty-eight years old is mature enough, but I feel I am just a child at this age. это звучит нормально?
A:
Consider: “I thought that by twenty eight I’d be mature enough. But, I feel like I’m still a child at this age.”
It sounds more like you’re talking about yourself this way.
Considering 69 is in your username I think you’re at a healthy level of maturity! Lol
It sounds more like you’re talking about yourself this way.
Considering 69 is in your username I think you’re at a healthy level of maturity! Lol
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