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word usage - Whats the verb of desperate? - English Language . . . Desperate describes a condition or state of being so its verb definition would have to be "existing in a condition of desperation", which doesn't yet exist Therefore, you'd have to make one up—which you could, because that's how words are made
An idiom for making ones final last attempt effort To have shot one's bolt is something said after making a [final or only] effort contribution, so it's not relevant here The main difference between making a final push and a last-ditch effort is that the former nearly always confidently refers to what's expected to be a successful (albeit arduous) endeavour, whereas the latter is generally restricted to pessimistic contexts with a perceived
sentence meaning - English Language Learners Stack Exchange We did anything possible to avert disaster [desperate, you try anything, we really didn't know what to to] We did everything possible to avert disaster [implies you know all the things you could do and did do to avert disaster
broke at the seams? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Does broke at the seams means destroy completely? I couldn't find a definition for it, so I was hoping someone would enlighten me He broke his hope at the seams and now he's a desperate man
Its not to be meaning here - English Language Learners Stack Exchange No matter how desperate we are that someday a better self will emerge, with each flicker of the candles on the cake, we know it's not to be, that for the rest of our sad, wretched pathetic lives, this is who we are to the bitter end Inevitably, irrevocably; happy birthday? No such thing I can't get the verb "be"
difference - Can we always replace one last with a last? For . . . (8) The doctors made a last desperate attempt to save the boy's life Is there any difference between them? If it is, then what is it? Also I found the sentence that has "a last" I'm curious to compare it with one having "one last" collinsdictionary com: (9) She took a last look in the mirror my variant: (10) She took one last look in the