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Outlived/traduction
Message de daohoanganh posté le 07-11-2011 à 15:48:37 (S | E | F)
Hi everybody,
Can you help me to understand this sentence please?:
"He outlived his wife by three years"?
Does it mean: He has three years less than his wife? Or He has three years more than his wife?
Thanks a lot.
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Modifié par lucile83 le 07-11-2011 18:36
Message de daohoanganh posté le 07-11-2011 à 15:48:37 (S | E | F)
Hi everybody,
Can you help me to understand this sentence please?:
"He outlived his wife by three years"?
Does it mean: He has three years less than his wife? Or He has three years more than his wife?
Thanks a lot.
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Modifié par lucile83 le 07-11-2011 18:36
Réponse: Outlived/traduction de gerondif, postée le 07-11-2011 à 16:04:40 (S | E)
Hello,
it means:
He lived three years longer than his wife .
He had three years more than his wife.
He died three years after his wife.
Réponse: Outlived/traduction de traviskidd, postée le 07-11-2011 à 17:07:51 (S | E)
Hello.
More generally, the prefix "out-" means to do something longer or better than someone (or something) else.
See you.
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