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lose/lost/loss/loose | WordReference Forums
Lost: Yesterday, I lost/she lost (the game) (Ayer, perdí/perdió (el partido)) loss: It was a great loss (fue un gran perdido. ¿Así se diría?) loose: His shoes are loose (Sus zapatos están sueltos) to get loose (verb): The horse got loose/The horse escaped (El caballo se escapó) Espero que te sirva. Regards.
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Lose Yourself 歌词 - 百度知道
《Lose Yourself》是美国说唱歌手埃米纳姆演唱的一首说唱歌曲，由埃米纳姆、Jeff Bass、Bass Brothers共同创作完成。收录于电影《8英里》的原声带中，作为该电影的片尾曲和主题曲，发布于2002年10月28日。
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cause you to lose your reason 'or you have none to lose.'
The sentence means: Either (1) there exist things that cause you to lose your reason, or else (2) you do not have any reason. In other words, for any person with reason, there must exist things that will cause them to lose it."Reason" here means, as St. Nick says, a capacity for rational thought. P.
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It's the second time this (happens/has happened)
It's/this is the first time I've tasted champagne. (I can say that while I'm drinking my first glass.) This is the second time I've been drunk. (I am drunk even as I speak.) A She's lost her passport again. This often happens. B No it doesn't - this is only the second time it has happened.
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Lose something to something | WordReference Forums
English - England. Dec 21, 2018. #3. Agreed. The usage in general is common, but the OP sentence is not a good example of it. These are more idiomatic (published) examples: · Land is being lost to desertification, waterlogging and soil erosion. · Parliaments complain that they are losing sovereignty to other areas of collective decision.
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It’s all the people moving in on it | WordReference Forums
To live and work in this kind of open country, with its hundred-mile views, is to lose the distinction between background and foreground. When I asked an older ranch hand to describe Wyoming’s openness, he said, “It’s all a bunch of nothing—wind and rattlesnakes—and so much of it you can’t tell where you’re going or where you’ve been and it don’t make much difference.”
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is to lose the distinction between background and foreground
To live and work in this kind of open country, with its hundred-mile views, is to lose the distinction between background and foreground. When I asked an older ranch hand to describe Wyoming’s openness, he said, “It’s all a bunch of nothing—wind and rattlesnakes—and so much of it you can’t tell where you’re going or where you’ve been and it don’t make much difference.”
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It's one's to lose - WordReference Forums
Apr 22, 2021. #3. The job is yours, and the only reason it might not be yours is if you lose it. It is a strong expression of support, although it does convey the hint of a warning. In general, to say that something is"yours to lose", means you have it or are assured of it, and you will have it if you do nothing at all (or nothing out of the ...
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lose，loss 和lost的区别 - 百度知道
三者的主要区别在于：lose主要作动词，广泛使用的意思是失去；错过；loss是个名词，意思是损失；lost主要作形容词，意思是失去的；迷路的。. It's surprising: they lost!这句话是对的。. 翻译为：真令人吃惊：他们输了！. lost可以在语境中可以做形容词。. 但在这句 ...
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Move it or lose it - WordReference Forums
"Move it or lose it" is a common figurative phrase, almost an idiom, that means:"move something" - the imperative,"move it""go fast""get out of here" or"lose it" - it will be damaged, I will damage it, It will be destroyed. It's use is VERY flexibile, sometimes used as a joke. Examples: Caesar is talking to the King of the Gauls during a ...
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