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Re: Does "work for compensation" sound naturally in English? Very little. Maybe some ..
Miss Elaine Eos (Misc@your-pants.PlayNaked.com) 2008/08/23 14:57

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<5d84077e-e147-40e0-92a7-650af0263436@x16g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
 little_cat <nguyenminhhai2209@gmail.com> wrote:

> Can I say "I don't want to do homework now, but I will do it for
> compensation tomorrow"? Does it sound naturally in English? Thanks in
> advance.

Compensation, in this way, might be seen to mean "for money", when I
believe you mean "to make up the obligation."  So maybe something like...

* I don't want to do homework now, but will make it up, tomorrow.

* I don't want to do homework now, but will spend twice as long doing
homework tomorrow, to compensate.

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