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From: Don Pelayo @jazzfree.com
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Subject: Re: "succeed" is "do what one is trying to do" ?
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 22:48:21 +0200
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I am not a native but I think that in this case "to do" would mean "to
achieve" or "to accomplish". Am I right?
Regards.
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 02:12:45 +0800, "eagleloch"
<eagleloch@deletethis.softhome.net> wrote:
>I have seen that the definition of the verb "succeed" is "do what one is
>trying to do" in both the dictionaries of Oxford and Longman. And I was
>puzzled absolutely.
>Why?
>In accordance with my feelings, "do what one is trying to do" means "act
>freely according to one's will".
>
>Please help me. Thank you very much in advance.
>
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