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Traduzione e definizione
to do time (in prison): scontare una pena (in prigione)
Before being hired to babysit these children, I had done twenty years in prison Prima di essere assunto/a come babysitter per questi bambini, avevo scontato vent'anni di prigione
Esercizio 1
Fill in the blanks below with either 'to make' or 'to do'
Remember to conjugate the verbs appropriately
Horatio: I'd like to a toast to Bruno Delavigne. If he hadn't hired me, I would probably be time in a South American prison right now.
Bruno: Thank you for that wonderful observation, Horatio. I promise to everything in my power to keep you employed and out of prison.
Remember to conjugate the verbs appropriately
Horatio: I'd like to a toast to Bruno Delavigne. If he hadn't hired me, I would probably be time in a South American prison right now.
Bruno: Thank you for that wonderful observation, Horatio. I promise to everything in my power to keep you employed and out of prison.
Fill in the blanks below with either 'to make' or 'to do'
Remember to conjugate the verbs appropriately
Horatio: I'd like to make 1 a toast to Bruno Delavigne. If he hadn't hired me, I would probably be doing 2 time in a South American prison right now.
Bruno: Thank you for making 3 that wonderful observation, Horatio. I promise to do 4 everything in my power to keep you employed and out of prison.
Remember to conjugate the verbs appropriately
Horatio: I'd like to make 1 a toast to Bruno Delavigne. If he hadn't hired me, I would probably be doing 2 time in a South American prison right now.
Bruno: Thank you for making 3 that wonderful observation, Horatio. I promise to do 4 everything in my power to keep you employed and out of prison.
1 make: 'To make a toast' is an expression formed with the verb 'to make'. We use the infinitive form of the verb here because it follows the conjugated verb 'I'd like'. 'To make a toast' is to congratulate or celebrate someone by having a drink in their honor.
2 doing: In English, the construction 'to do time' is formed with the verb 'to do'. 'To do time' is an idiom which refers to spending time in a prison or jail. Example: I did five years in Alcatraz for counterfeiting money. The sentence 'If he hadn't hired me, I would be doing...' is a conditional construction in which Horatio imagines what the future would be like if Bruno hadn't hired him in the past. We use the progressive form of the verb 'doing' after 'would be' to express the continuous action of Horatio being in jail.
3 making: 'To make an observation' is an expression formed with the verb 'to make'. 'Making' is the gerund in this phrase: we use the progressive form of the verb as a noun to refer to the act of Horatio's observations. As a general rule, the construction 'Thank you for + verb' ALWAYS requires a verb in the progressive form. 'To make an observation' is to remark or comment on a given topic.
4 do: 'To do everything in one's power' is to do everything possible, or to do one's best. This construction is formed with the verb 'to do'.
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