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English term or phrase:
grow well
English answer:
to bring them up properly
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mockingbird (X)
Mar 9, 2005 04:55
19 yrs ago
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grow well
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'to grow well' work here?
SOS-Taruna Village is a non-governmental organization which devotes to children who have lost their parents, or those who have parents but unable to give decent facilities for their children to grow well.
SOS-Taruna Village is a non-governmental organization which devotes to children who have lost their parents, or those who have parents but unable to give decent facilities for their children to grow well.
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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to bring them up properly
Mockingbird, if I were you I'd change quite a bit of the sentence (if at all possible)
SOS-Taruna Village is a non-governmental organization DEVOTED to children who have lost their parents, or CHILDREN WHOSE parents ARE unable to PROVIDE a decent environment to bring them up properly.
"or children whose parents..." implies that they have parents, so no meaning is lost
and, 'bringing up' or 'upbringing' are far more common terms for 'grow well'
HTH
SOS-Taruna Village is a non-governmental organization DEVOTED to children who have lost their parents, or CHILDREN WHOSE parents ARE unable to PROVIDE a decent environment to bring them up properly.
"or children whose parents..." implies that they have parents, so no meaning is lost
and, 'bringing up' or 'upbringing' are far more common terms for 'grow well'
HTH
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Ian M-H (X)
: with suggested rephrasing
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Thanks Ian
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4 mins
be raised adequately
HTH
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-03-09 05:02:27 GMT)
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...but ARE unable to provide decent facilities for the children to be raised adquately/properly.
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-03-09 05:02:27 GMT)
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...but ARE unable to provide decent facilities for the children to be raised adquately/properly.
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Marea
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thanks, Marea
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Lisa Russell
9 mins
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thanks, Lisa
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Juliane Roth
1 hr
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thanks, juro
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44 mins
awkward
who have parents who are unable to provide the proper environment in which to raise their children properly
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Philippe C. (X)
2 hrs
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thanks Philippe!
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Tony M
: Yes, not least because 'grow well' could suggest merely physical growth...
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right, sir :-)
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Ian M-H (X)
: or, more briefly: those whose parents cannot provide [...] (the fact that these children have parents is clearly implied) ??
4 hrs
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or they are orphans - thanks Ian!
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Alexander Demyanov
: who have parents unable...? (the mutual proximity of the 'who's)
8 hrs
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yes, 2 whos does not sound great ( do we have to do everything?)
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rangepost
8 hrs
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thanks!
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conejo
10 hrs
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paolamonaco
17 hrs
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51 mins
but are unable to provide a decent place for their children to grow up.
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