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Harun BATAR
He couldn't help laughing.(what is mean?)
20 mei 2019 21:19
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found it difficult not to laugh.
20 mei 2019
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This means all he could do was laugh.
The sentence in this case should be:
"He couldn't help but laugh"
20 mei 2019
" couldn't help" is a stable word combination. We can't translate combinations like this directly, only by figurative meaning.
20 mei 2019
Thanks...
20 mei 2019
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Harun BATAR
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Engels, Turks
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Engels
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