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Yang
How to describe this situation?
When a person is smoking a cigarette, and a friend comes over. So the person who's smoking wants to ask whether her friend wants to smoke too. She kinds of put the cigarettes a little bit forward, gesturing whether her friend want to have one or not, without saying it out loud. How would you say this in a sentence? If you know what I'm talking about...
A. She gestures the cigarettes to her.
B. She gestures the cigarettes to her, asking whether she wants one.
Any of these is correct?
9 août 2020 23:58
Réponses · 5
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Hello, Yang,
No, unfortunately, neither of those sounds like a native speaker. I'd suggest simply, "She offers her a cigarette." Hope that helps.
10 août 2020
Thank you Tracy and Krystyna for your great suggestions!
10 août 2020
She moves the cigarettes toward her as if to offer one.
She moves the pack of cigarettes in her friend's direction, offering to share one.
10 août 2020
I would suggest: She offers the cigarettes to her.
10 août 2020
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Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Anglais
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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