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Traducción & Definición
timely: a tiempo, puntual, en el momento oportuno/justo/preciso
I want you to finish this report in a timely fashion. Quiero que termine este informe a tiempo.
He bought his stocks at a timely moment. They rose quickly shortly after. Compró las acciones en el momento justo. Poco después subieron rápidamente.
untimely: inoportuno, en mal momento, a destiempo, prematuro
an untimely phone call una llamada inoportuna
Ejemplos
- "Icarus : And to think that my father's untimely death could have been avoided if only he'd known how to cope with his stress rather than bottling it up inside and..."
- "I'm not one to hedge the issue, so I will simply come out and say it: several of you have abused our copier and as a direct result of your abuse, brought it to an untimely end."
Ejercicio 1
Icarus concludes the outgoing message on his voice mail by saying "I will return your call as soon as possible"
Which of the following statements is the most appropriate for ending an outgoing message on an answering machine while maintaining a professional tone?
Which of the following statements is the most appropriate for ending an outgoing message on an answering machine while maintaining a professional tone?
Icarus concludes the outgoing message on his voice mail by saying "I will return your call as soon as possible"
Which of the following statements is the most appropriate for ending an outgoing message on an answering machine while maintaining a professional tone?
Which of the following statements is the most appropriate for ending an outgoing message on an answering machine while maintaining a professional tone?
This is a common message to hear on the automated message machines, when calling a company for example. On a personal voice mail message, it is extremely unlikely to hear such a message.
"I'll get back to you in a timely fashion" expresses the same meaning and tone as Icarus' message "I'll return your call as soon as possible". This is a common way to end a voice mail message in English, and maintains the formal tone of Icarus's message.
This might be heard in a rap song or on the streets of Brooklyn, however it would not be heard in a formal message. This is street slang, and it is extremely informal in nature.
This sentence would likely be found at the end of a letter or email, or any sort of written correspondence. It would not be found in an outgoing voice mail message, however.
Ejercicio 2
It's time to find some useful vocabulary from the dialogue and put them in the blanks in the paragraph below:
I read an article in Vague magazine about a you can take to learn to all your negative thoughts into positive actions. I showed it to a depressed friend of mine and she took up mountaineering as a way of combating her post-divorce blues. She fell 2000 ft from a cliff edge. I blame myself and stupid Vague magazine for her death.
I read an article in Vague magazine about a you can take to learn to all your negative thoughts into positive actions. I showed it to a depressed friend of mine and she took up mountaineering as a way of combating her post-divorce blues. She fell 2000 ft from a cliff edge. I blame myself and stupid Vague magazine for her death.
It's time to find some useful vocabulary from the dialogue and put them in the blanks in the paragraph below:
I read an article in Vague magazine about a course 1 you can take to learn to channel 2 all your negative thoughts into positive actions. I showed it to a depressed friend of mine and she took up mountaineering as a way of combating her post-divorce blues. She fell 2000 ft from a cliff edge. I blame myself and stupid Vague magazine for her untimely 3 death.
I read an article in Vague magazine about a course 1 you can take to learn to channel 2 all your negative thoughts into positive actions. I showed it to a depressed friend of mine and she took up mountaineering as a way of combating her post-divorce blues. She fell 2000 ft from a cliff edge. I blame myself and stupid Vague magazine for her untimely 3 death.
1 course: This is the right answer. A "course" is a training session or series of lessons. For example, "I've just completed a free online scuba-diving course. I'm a qualified instructor now!".
2 channel: Correct! This is the right answer. To "channel" means to concentrate solely on something or to direct it to a particular aim. A synonym of to "channel" is to "divert". For example, "After my divorce I needed to channel my depression into something more constructive, so I learned how to knit."
3 untimely: "Untimely" means "unexpectedly early" and is often used in the context of an early, unexpected death. For example; "My hamster Henry met a very untimely demise. He was in his exercise ball and my brother took it to the park to play football".
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