verbo retrostante
English translation: underlying verb
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| 13:43 May 8, 2018 |
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|  Selected response from: Cedric Randolph Italy Local time: 06:48 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | underlying verb |
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| 4 | the verb lying behind |
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| 4 | the (source) verb that ... is derived from |
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| 2 | the origin (of the) verb |
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43 mins confidence: 
the origin (of the) verb Explanation: Am native Eng. speaker and can't think of any single word that would be equivalent to retrostante in this context (sorry), so a literal translation seems like too much of a struggle and I would use the above instead. |
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1 hr confidence:
the verb lying behind Explanation: = il verbo retrostante -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2018-05-08 14:51:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- no struggle involved! This is just my straight literal translation. |
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14 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1underlying verb Explanation: As Phil mentioned, this is called the underlying verb in English when discussing linguistics. |
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1 day 4 hrs confidence:
the (source) verb that ... is derived from Explanation: I would reword. "The verb that ... is derived from ... ." You could also use 'source verb'. |
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