WOTW: guess
| - Gorka Dieitz-Sanxurxo |
今週の #WOTW は 'guess’ です。'Guess’ is usually a verb, but we can also use it as a noun. It’s also used in a couple of phrases. What else? I guess that’s it, so let’s begin! First, the verb.
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- I don’t know exactly, but I guess there were about fifty people at the party. (Estimate or conclude something without sufficient information to be sure of being correct.)
- I’m good at guessing people’s age. (Form a correct conclusion about something by guessing.)
- I guess I could study harder… (This is informal. It is used to indicate that although one thinks or supposes something, it is without any great conviction or strength of feeling.)
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Time for the noun now.
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- My guess is that, if we keep this pace, we will be there before dinner. (An estimate or conclusion formed by guessing.)
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And we’ll leave you with a couple of phrases.
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- [keep someone guessing] When are you calling the other candidates? You can’t keep them guessing! (This is informal. It means to leave someone uncertain or in doubt as to one's intentions or plans.)
- [anyone's guess] Why she is dating him is anyone’s guess. (Very difficult or impossible to determine.)
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発音は/ɡɛs/です。音節は1個だから、後ろに『Ｕ』をつけないでくださいです。また来週！
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