& compare A [with B] (compare 1 thing together with sb) I think, for the question setter, they thought it is the latter pattern that should explain the question.
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Dear all, I compared prices in Tokyo (and / with) Singapore. Are there any difference in meaning or nuance between compare 'A and B' and 'A with B'? I would appreciate any comments.
Say A and B are the same kind of product but of different brands. I want to test their functionality. I compare A and B on their functionality. I compare A...
"as any she belied with false compare" = "as any woman people lie about by making false comparisons" In Shakespeare, 'she' is sometimes used to mean "a woman". (For example, in Twelfth Night, there's a line about someone being "the cruelest she alive".) He's saying that his mistress is as rare as those other women people write untruthful poems about (where they say their mistresses eyes are ...
In Northern Italy, "comare" and "compare" are not the godmother and the godfather (we use "madrina" and "padrino") but the best woman and the best man at a wedding. Last September I was best woman at my best friend's wedding, and at the party I was known by everyone as "la comare". La mia comare/il mio compare-> the best woman and the best man at my wedding (this is often a bond that lasts for ...
Hello everyone The dictionary definitions suggest that the three verbs 'liken', 'compare' and 'analogize' mean the same when we want to say that someone or something is similar to someone or something else in some aspects. Liken: to say that someone is similar to or has the same qualities as...
I know it won't be the same but I would like try .Thanks a lot.! SHALL I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date.