Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
Thursday
please can you help to explain if it is arrival time or departure time or other meaning?
| 5 +9 | on Thursday evening |
David Hollywood
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
on Thursday evening
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Note added at 39 mins (2017-08-02 02:45:39 GMT)
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and asking the other person to book the flight
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Note added at 41 mins (2017-08-02 02:47:40 GMT)
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it refers to the take off time and he/she is asking the other person to do the booking of the flight
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Note added at 45 mins (2017-08-02 02:51:12 GMT)
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there is a certain ambiguity in "please book that" which could mean "you arrange the flight" or "these are my plans" so you will have to check back to what's happening
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Note added at 47 mins (2017-08-02 02:53:20 GMT)
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in standard English and as a native speaker I would say it means he's asking the other person to book the flight (but it is rather ambiguous)
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Note added at 48 mins (2017-08-02 02:54:16 GMT)
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"book that" could mean "take note of that"
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Note added at 49 mins (2017-08-02 02:54:58 GMT)
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so putting my confidence level down to 4
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Note added at 52 mins (2017-08-02 02:58:13 GMT)
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if "book that" doesn't mean "reserve", it means "put that on your agenda"
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Note added at 52 mins (2017-08-02 02:58:45 GMT)
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will depend on the circumstances
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-08-02 03:41:40 GMT)
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who knows what's going on between the parties involved .... might be food for a movie
| please can you help to explain if it is arrival time or departure time or other meaning? |
| agree |
annitap
: agree as departure/booking
1 hr
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| agree |
Edith Kelly
3 hrs
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| agree |
Jack Doughty
: with annitap
3 hrs
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| agree |
Lara Barnett
3 hrs
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| agree |
Tony M
: Dpends on length of flight: if short, then departure & arrival could both be Thursday evening
4 hrs
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| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: and with Tony to actually answer the question; it will depend on length of flight but departure is Thurs.
7 hrs
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| agree |
airmailrpl
: Thursday evening" = departure time
7 hrs
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| agree |
writeaway
: getting on a plane Thursday evening and flying down. ignore the disagree.
8 hrs
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| agree |
Jennifer White
: Yes. Really can't see the problem with this.
8 hrs
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Discussion
yes confirmed. please can you help to explain if it is arrival time or departure time or other meaning?