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in the state
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Alyona C.
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in the state
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Hi!
Could you explain the phrase in the state in context of the topic "Shopping"
Thanks!
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4 May 2010
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yanogator
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Please give us a sentence using the phrase.
Thanks,
Bruce |
4 May 2010
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Alyona C.
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I have to describe two pictures of the shops using the words from the box. One word from the box is in the state.
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4 May 2010
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banska bystrica
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I think it will help if you write what the other words are... Or maybe the pictures could help... Personally, in this context, I have no idea to what the phrase "in the state" refers... I am also waiting for the "conclusion" :)
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4 May 2010
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coyote.chus
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Hi!
Is one of the shops you have to describe completely messy?
There is an expression "in a state", meaning "in a complete mess", like in "Susan was cooking yesterday and left the kitchen in a state".
Could it be this?
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4 May 2010
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Lalet
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Sorry but "in a state" or "in the state"?;)
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4 May 2010
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mrlypy
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Although I�m not a specialist in English I think the meaning for your in the state is, according to Cambridge English for the World: CONDITION. A condtition or a way of being that exists at a particular time.
EX: Susan made some cake and left the kitchen in terrible state.
Marcus was in a terrible state after his mother�s death.
She complained about the untidy state that the house was left.
I totally agree with our friend chus estebanez above. ( the phrase IN A STATE OR IN THE STATE must mean: very disorganised. |
5 May 2010
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