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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 make one …

  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. "Could you please help me" vs "Could you help me please"

    Feb 28, 2014 · When asking for something politely which sentence is a better/proper choice? Could you please help me? or Could you help me please?

  4. 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 last …

  5. Hasn't He vs Didn't He? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Sep 7, 2020 · The verb in a tag question is a callback to whatever verb was previously used, implied, or what would fit. For example: He went, didn't he? "Went" is the past tense of to go, so he did go, …

  6. sentence meaning - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Apr 4, 2025 · We did anything possible to avert disaster. [desperate, you try anything, we really didn't know what to to]. We did everything possible to avert disaster. [implies you know all the things you …

  7. 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.

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

    Aug 22, 2016 · "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".

  9. phrase usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    May 26, 2024 · We would use a different word such as "keen" or "desperate", for example I am keen to go to Dave's party. The word 'inclined' is used in a situation where you aren't very sure about …

  10. "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 pathetic lives, …