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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. "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. 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 ...

  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. broke at the seams? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    May 14, 2021 · Does broke at the seams means destroy completely? I couldn't find a definition for it, so I was hoping someone would enlighten me. He broke his hope at the seams and now …

  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. "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 …

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

    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 …

  10. 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 …