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  1. word usage - What's the verb of "desperate"? - English Language ...

    Nov 4, 2020 · Desperate describes a condition or state of being so its verb definition would have to be "existing in a condition of desperation", which doesn't yet exist. Therefore, you'd have to …

  2. What do you call a desperate attempt unlikely to succeed?

    May 20, 2022 · What do you call a desperate attempt unlikely to succeed? For example, when other ideas have failed and you have one final go before giving up

  3. One word for highly frustrated/hopeless - English Language …

    May 4, 2023 · Is there a stronger word for "highly frustrated" or "feeling very hopeless"? So If I want to tell someone that I am highly frustrated by the work I am doing or convey that it's ...

  4. Which is the correct tense to use with 'by'?

    Jul 2, 2016 · I would probably go with the simple past rather than the past perfect. I don't think it has anything to to with by though. Typically the past perfect is used to show that one event …

  5. An idiom for "making one's final / last attempt / effort"

    May 30, 2022 · To have shot one's bolt is something said after making a [final or only] effort / contribution, so it's not relevant here. The main difference between making a final push and a …

  6. "It's not to be" meaning here - English Language Learners Stack …

    Aug 7, 2017 · No matter how desperate we are that someday a better self will emerge, with each flicker of the candles on the cake, we know it's not to be, that for the rest of our sad, wretched …

  7. What's the word for "urge to go to the toilet"?

    Apr 28, 2019 · I am pretty sure there's a word for it, but I forgot what the word was completely. By "urge to go to the toilet", I mean the desire to go peeing or pooping obviously.

  8. Reported speech:use of the word "please" in requests/demands

    Feb 18, 2016 · Idiomatically, if you're not actually going to reproduce the exact words as spoken (in quote marks), there's often an implication of "desperate pleading" if you include the word …

  9. phrase usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Oct 7, 2018 · Being desperate to learn something is quite different than that; though resting is part of the process of learning. "Recharging oneself", could be physical and/or mental.

  10. What does "dominoes" mean here? - English Language Learners …

    "It's as if once you make a significant error, you cant help but make a zillion others, like dominoes falling over in succession." This line is from a novel called "Desperate in Dubai".