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Per chi è già ben avviato al livello intermediate (B1/B2)
Ecco la nuova frase:
Nonostante lavorasse lì da meno di un anno, a Lucy è stato offerto un ruolo importantissimo che non poteva assolutamente rifiutare. Era l’occasione di una vita.
Buon divertimento!
Despite she had been working for less than a year,lucy was offered a very important role she could not turn down.it was the opportunity of her lifetime
Fede, If you start with “despite”, you have to say, “Despite that fact that…” which is a good way of dealing with it. The alternative is “although” which has a simpler construction more like the one you are using: “Although she had been working…” Your past perfect continuous tense is spot on, however.
“Her lifetime” at the end is also possible, but this is one of those “fixed” expressions that rarely get changed in English: “It was the chance/opportunity of a lifetime.”
Have a nice weekend 🙂
Thanks i didn’t remember the correct use of despite
Have a nice weekend too!
You can link “despite” directly to a noun: “Despite the bad weather, we still went for a walk…”
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Despite having worked there for less than one year, Lucy was offered a very important role that she couldn’t absolutely refuse.
It was the great opportunity of her life.
Thanks!
Very good, folks. Just needs a few little tweaks:
1. …less than a year… (‘one’ is not really necessary, although it’s quite all right).
2. …she absolutely couldn’t refuse/turn down… (position of the adverb)
3….It was the chance/opportunity of a lifetime (fixed idiomatic expression)
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Hi there
Although Lucy has been wprking there for less than a year, she has been offering a very important role who she couldn’t refuse. It was the chance of the entire life.
Thank you!
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A good effort, but there are a few problems here that make comprehension a little difficult.
Your first tense needs to be a “past perfect continuous” and not a “present perfect continuous” because this is story-telling and there is no connection with the present. Il lavoro di Lucy era cominciato un anno prima del tempo del racconto: Although Lucy HAD been working…
The same criteria applies to the next verb which can’t be “present perfect passive” (has been offerED) but must be “past simple passive”: she WAS offered…
“Who” is for people, “which” is for things: WHICH she couldn’t refuse…
“It was the chance/opportunity of a lifetime” is a fixed idiomatic expression.
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Even though she had been working there for less than one year,Lucy was offered a very important position which she could not absolutely turn down+. It was the opportunity of a lifetime!!
Avery good version, Carla. I would just make two mall adjustments:
1. …less than a year… (‘one’ is not really necessary, although it’s quite all right).
2. …she absolutely couldn’t turn down… (position of the adverb)
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Hi there,
” Although She had been working there for less than One year, Lucy was offered an extremely importante role (position)which She couldn’t ansolutely.turn down. It was the chance of a Life time.”
All good, Roby, with a couple of small adjustments:
…less than a year (‘one’ is not really necessary here, but it’s all right).
…she absolutely couldn’t turn down (position of the adverb)
N.B. “lifetime” is one word.
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Thanks a lot prof….
Despite she had been working there for less than an year, they offered Lucy a very important role she couldn’t refuse.It was her lifetime opportunity
A very good effort, Luca.There is one important mistake to think about and two improvements that can be made.
If you start with “despite”, you have to say, “Despite that fact that…” which is a good way of dealing with it. The alternative is “although” which has a simpler construction like the one you are using: “Although she had been working…” Your past perfect continuous tense is spot on, however.
Instead of, “they offered Lucy”, a more natural formula in English here would be, “Lucy was offered…”
“It was her lifetime opportunity” is all right but unfortunately here we have a very fixed idiomatic expression which is, “It was the chance/opportunity of a lifetime.”
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Nonostante lavorasse lì da meno di un anno, a Lucy è stato offerto un ruolo importantissimo che non poteva assolutamente rifiutare. Era l’occasione di una vita.
Although she had been working there for less than a year, they offered to Lucy a very important role that she absolutely couldn’t refuse. It was the opportunity of a lifetime.
Lucy was given or they offered to
This is the question!
Actually, the THREE options available are:
1. Lucy was offered/given a very important role… (best choice)
2. They offered Lucy a very important role… (second best)
3. They offered a very important role TO Lucy… (acceptable, but not very natural)
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Nonostante lavorasse lì da meno di un anno, a Lucy è stato offerto un ruolo importantissimo che non poteva assolutamente rifiutare. Era l’occasione di una vita.
Although she had been working there for less than a year, Lucy was given a very important role that she absolutely couldn’t refuse. It was the opportunity of a lifetime.
I see you’re vying for N°1 position, Paolo!
Ciao!
Even though she had been workin’ there for less than one year,Lucy was offered a really important role that she just couldn’t turn down.
It was one life chance.
Well done, Davide. The whole of the first part is spot on, but I managed to catch you out with the little addition at the end. You need a very specific idiomatic expression there. 😉
Well tony…I would say…she couldn’t miss the boat…maybe too much?🤔
It’s a colourful alternative! 😉
(It was the chance/opportunity of a lifetime.)