Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
extraordinary escape
English answer:
I am very lucky to have gotten away from him before something terrible happened to me.
English term
extraordinary escape
This was really all I have. The situation seems unconnected. Who escapes in this context? Can extraordinary be used with 'escape'?
Please help me. I am in the dark. Thank you very much in advance
| 4 +5 | I am very lucky to have gotten away from him before something terrible happened to me. |
Robert Forstag
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| 5 +2 | extraordinary escape |
JW Narins
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| Nothing "archaic" about it |
B D Finch
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Non-PRO (2): Tony M, Yvonne Gallagher
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Responses
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
I am very lucky to have gotten away from him before something terrible happened to me.
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Note added at 20 mins (2017-06-06 17:27:16 GMT)
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To amend, in light of Tony M's point:
I am very lucky that this person who might well have caused me great harm is no longer a part of my life.
| Oh, now it is clear as crystal. Thank you thousand times,Robert |
| agree |
Tony M
: Though strictly speaking, I suppose, SHE didn't get away from HIM, as it was HE who disappeared. But the meaning is fine, cf. 'extraordinarily lucky'
5 mins
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Thank you, Tony M.
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Jack Doughty
6 mins
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Thank you, Jack.
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
11 hrs
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acetran
11 hrs
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| agree |
magdadh
16 hrs
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extraordinary escape
| Thank you soo much, JW. This is new for me and I am glad to learn new words. |
| agree |
magdadh
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| agree |
B D Finch
: Perhaps I'm just getting old, but it doesn't sound at all "archaic" to me. "Extraordinary" means that it is an escape that was unlikely to have happened and extremely lucky. I note that most ghits for "extraordinary escape" are from the UK, not the US.
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Reference comments
Nothing "archaic" about it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/.../shopper-s-lucky-escape-as-car-cra...
A man had an extraordinary escape when a car crashed through a shop window in New York.
www.telegraph.co.uk › News › Politics › UKIP
6 May 2010 - Nigel Farage, the Ukip candidate, has had an extraordinary escape after his plane towing an election banner crashed into a field.
https://internationalgold.wordpress.com/.../shoppers-lucky-e...
21 Feb 2017 - Shopper's lucky escape as car crashes through window: A man had an extraordinary escape when a car crashed through a shop window in ...
www.independent.co.uk › News › World › Americas
3 Aug 2005 - More than 300 passengers and crew had an extraordinary escape yesterday after a transatlantic jet crashed and burst into flames while landing ...
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