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Raf

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Jul 15, 2005, 7:43:37 AM7/15/05

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I have to fill this gap using 3 to 8 words.

Anthony wasn't at all discouraged by this bad experience.

Word I must use: "Put"

This bad experience -------------- least.

My answer: (don't know if it's right) This bad experience didn't put
Anthony down even the least.

Thanks

Harvey Van Sickle

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Jul 15, 2005, 7:49:03 AM7/15/05

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On 15 Jul 2005, Raf wrote

The idiomatic expression would be "put out" rather than "put down".

(The former means disappointed/discouraged; the latter means
"criticised for/demeaned".)

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Raf

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Jul 15, 2005, 7:52:42 AM7/15/05

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Thanks, Is the end of the sentence right? "even the least" I wasn't
sure about it either...

Harvey Van Sickle

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Jul 15, 2005, 8:03:47 AM7/15/05

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On 15 Jul 2005, Raf wrote

> Thanks, Is the end of the sentence right? "even the least" I wasn't
> sure about it either...
>

Sorry - I missed that part.

I=t would be "in the least": "This bad experience didn't put Anthony
out even in the least".

That still looks awkward to me, but the cleanest re-casting of the
sentence ("This bad experience didn't in the least put Anthony out")
wouldn't satisfy the question's requirement to place "put" between
"experience" and "least".

I'm not an EFL teacher though, so maybe one of the pros who read the
group will point you in a better direction!

Raf

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Jul 15, 2005, 8:37:36 AM7/15/05

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Thanks Harvey!!

Mike Lyle

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Jul 15, 2005, 10:57:07 AM7/15/05

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Harvey Van Sickle wrote:
> On 15 Jul 2005, Raf wrote
>
>> Thanks, Is the end of the sentence right? "even the least" I
wasn't
>> sure about it either...
>>
>
> Sorry - I missed that part.
>
> I=t would be "in the least": "This bad experience didn't put
Anthony
> out even in the least".
>
> That still looks awkward to me, but the cleanest re-casting of the
> sentence ("This bad experience didn't in the least put Anthony
out")
> wouldn't satisfy the question's requirement to place "put" between
> "experience" and "least".
>
> I'm not an EFL teacher though, so maybe one of the pros who read
the
> group will point you in a better direction!

Would you really use "put out" here? I'd have said, without context
of course, it was probably a case for "put off".

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Mike.

Harvey Van Sickle

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Jul 15, 2005, 11:18:49 AM7/15/05

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On 15 Jul 2005, Mike Lyle wrote

You're right.

I think I was distracted by the first suggestion of "put down" (which
was clearly not right, as one isn't denigrated by a bad experience),
and was thinking of someone being annoyed by an experience/situation.

"Put off" is undoubtedly what the teacher's looking for.

(Sorry for steering you in the wrong direction, Raf....)

Raf

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Jul 15, 2005, 12:28:07 PM7/15/05

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don't worry, thanks anyway...

Garry Nixon

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Jul 16, 2005, 4:30:27 AM7/16/05

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"Raf" <gome...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have to fill this gap using 3 to 8 words.
>
> Anthony wasn't at all discouraged by this bad experience.
>
>
> Word I must use: "Put"
>
>
> This bad experience -------------- least.
>

This bad experience put off Anthony not in the least.

Raf

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Jul 18, 2005, 9:25:06 AM7/18/05

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Thanks!!