Empty-handed meaning in English
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Definition
(to come home) empty-handed: (to come home) bringing nothing, without anything
Examples
- "You will be leaving empty handed, as well as empty headed."
- "Since I was really looking forward to watching the film, and had organized my whole evening around it, I didn't want to leave the store empty-handed."
Exercise 1
Choose the TRUE statements from the list below according to the letter.
There may be more than one correct answer!
There may be more than one correct answer!
Choose the TRUE statements from the list below according to the letter.
There may be more than one correct answer!
Excerpt: Since I was really looking forward to watching the film, and had organized my whole evening around it, I didn't want to leave the store empty-handed.
There may be more than one correct answer!
This is correct. Luna says "I didn't want to leave the store empty-handed". "Empty-handed" means carrying nothing. The rental store didn't have the film that Luna was looking for, but she didn't want to leave without another film or movie.
This is incorrect. Luna wants the company to offer French courses for its employees. She does not say that she has started French courses at home.
This is incorrect. Luna says that she "picked a DVD at random from the Foreign Films section", this means that she did not choose a film because she read a good review in the paper. The phrase "at random" (or the adverb "randomly") describes an action performed without a definite order or method, or done "haphazardly", by chance. A "(film) review" is a critical appraisal or summary of a film often accompanied by a score or mark.
This is incorrect. Luna's idea is to have French courses at Delavigne Corp., she does not say that she would like a DVD rental service there.
Excerpt: Since I was really looking forward to watching the film, and had organized my whole evening around it, I didn't want to leave the store empty-handed.
Exercise 2
One last quick question!
Fill in the blank below with a phrase which was used in the text.
This phrase describes something done arbitrarily, without definite order or method. (2 words)
"I thought that my Epod selected all my tunes , but I always hear the same Roxette song over and over."
Fill in the blank below with a phrase which was used in the text.
This phrase describes something done arbitrarily, without definite order or method. (2 words)
"I thought that my Epod selected all my tunes , but I always hear the same Roxette song over and over."
One last quick question!
Fill in the blank below with a phrase which was used in the text.
This phrase describes something done arbitrarily, without definite order or method. (2 words)
"I thought that my Epod selected all my tunes at random, but I always hear the same Roxette song over and over."
Fill in the blank below with a phrase which was used in the text.
This phrase describes something done arbitrarily, without definite order or method. (2 words)
"I thought that my Epod selected all my tunes at random, but I always hear the same Roxette song over and over."
at random: The phrase "at random" (or the adverb "randomly") describes an action performed without a definite order or method, or done "haphazardly", by chance. Luna says that she "picked a DVD at random from the Foreign Films section".
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