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Virginia Bēowulf · English Studies
2016-12-20 17:06:18
- Everyone's always “overwhelmed” or “underwhelmed” but never just “whelmed”.
1. Понятия «недо-» и «пере-» чаще всего передаются по вертикальной оси: UNDER / OVER:
- I’m afraid the chicken is slightly undercooked. – Yes, it’s still clucking;
- We're all overworked and underpaid;
- A South African researcher suggests that dolphins' intelligence has been overestimated. (They’re dumb!);
- His boss says he's under-performing (not doing as well as he should);
2. То же самое про недостаточное / меньшее количество чего-либо, например, лет:
- We finished the project in under a year and a half;
- The child weighed under five kilos;
- When asked if Wall Street would accept a young Mark Zuckerberg in his early 20s as CEO, Facebook investor Peter Thiel said: “Well, we’ll wait until he’s over 25 to file”;
- How can you allow your daughter to read Virginia Woolf? She’s underage!