forego service
Spanish translation: se abstenga de / pase sin / rechace / no aproveche
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mantenga / continúe con / no reemplace Explanation: + -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-28 11:44:50 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- TO FOREGO: \"to go before, either in place or time\", The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-28 11:46:22 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If you are foregoing dessert, does that mean you are entering the dining room before it is brought in? The trouble here is that there are two foregos. The verb forgo—without the e—means “to do without” but has as an acceptable variant the spelling forego. Thus you can legitimately forgo or forego dessert. The other forego means “to go before, either in place or time,” as in A bad reputation often foregoes you. This forego always has an e. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-28 11:49:35 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If you are foregoing dessert, does that mean you are entering the dining room before it is brought in? The trouble here is that there are two foregos. The verb forgo—without the e—means “to do without” but has as an acceptable variant the spelling forego. Thus you can legitimately forgo or forego dessert. The other forego means “to go before, either in place or time,” as in A bad reputation often foregoes you. This forego always has an e. |
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continúe/siga con el servicio Explanation: + |
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10 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2se abstenga de / pase sin / rechace / no aproveche Explanation: Any number of possible interpretations - figuratively speaking, of course. forego = abstain from, go without -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-28 11:42:53 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- forgo / forego =relinquish, abandon, deny oneself, give up, pass up Roget\'s College Thesaurus La idea es que aún hay posibilidad de salvar su(s) equipos o de continuar su mantenimiento. |
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