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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. 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 ...

  4. What's a professional synonym for "would love to"?

    May 11, 2016 · The "love" in "I would love to" has little to do with the "love" in "I love you"; the second one is expressing a personal emotion that is (arguably) unprofessional, while the first …

  5. Expressing of two parallels events using past tense and direct speech

    I have a question about advanced grammar, after my great previous experience here. Simply saying, I want to express that a guy is desperate, feeling under pressure and bad that …

  6. 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 …

  7. Which is the correct tense to use with 'by'?

    Jul 2, 2016 · I would probably go with the simple past rather than the past perfect. I don't think it has anything to to with by though. Typically the past perfect is used to show that one event …

  8. What's the word for "urge to go to the toilet"?

    Apr 28, 2019 · I am pretty sure there's a word for it, but I forgot what the word was completely. By "urge to go to the toilet", I mean the desire to go peeing or pooping obviously.

  9. "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 …

  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 …