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proud, sad, shocked, sorry, surprised, upset y con otros como awkward, difficult, easy, hard, possible.
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The Prime Minster admitted taking bribes.
Get some instruction even though you don't anticipate using it.
He turned his head trying to avoid breathing in the vapour.
If you mean to do something do it deliberately.
You might consider moving to a new house.
The company deferred paying the employees.
She delayed starting divorce proceedings for six months.
They detest (the very thought of) living elsewhere.
Everything you dread doing you must do straight away
They dreaded him coming.
I enjoy playing my guitar.
I could never excuse him for being so rude
I could never excuse his being so rude
She asked to be excused from acting that evening.
Excuse me butting in.
I don't fancy going back to that dreary house alone.
He finished the argument (by) walking out of the room.
They finished up serving in a shop.
The family could be forgiven for thinking were living in London.
I can't imagine asking him for money.
Try to imagine (you're) sitting in a cloud.
Caring for a one-year-old involves changing nappies and making
special meals.
Keep going, don't stop.
If you don't mind me/my saying so.
I miss watching my favourite series, but it's not on any longer.
Pardon me for interrupting/Pardon my interrupting.
To delay something is to postpone it happening.
You prevent someone from doing something.
Are you instructed to prevent me entering?
There are many verbs that are not generally used in the progressive tenses and others that are not used in certain of their meanings. (In
grammars, these verbs are often called stative verbs; verbs that can normally have progressive forms are called dynamic verbs.) The
most important of these verbs are:
1. Dislike, hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish.
2. Astonish, impress, please, satisfy, surprise.
3. Believe, doubt, feel (have an opinion), guess, imagine, know, mean, realize, recognize, remember, suppose, think (have an opinion),
understand.
4. Hear, see, measure (have length, etc), taste, (have a flavour), smell (give out smell), sound, weigh (have weight).
5. Belong to, concern, consist of, contain, depend on, deserve, fit, include, involve, lack, matter, need, owe, own, possess.
6. Appear, resemble, seem.
Compare the progressive and non-progressive uses of certain verbs:
W hat are you thinking about?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Im feeling fine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
W hy are you sm elling the meat? Is it bad?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Im just tasting your whisky.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The scales broke when I was weighing myself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
W hys that man m easuring the street?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Im seeing Philip tomorrow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Note the common use of can see and can hear instead of progressive tenses of see and hear:
I can hear a funny noise
I can see a woman doing the housework in the flat opposite.
Note that verbs which are never used in progressive tenses (like know) have -ing forms which can be used as participles, objects of
prepositions, etc.
Knowing her tastes, I bought her a large box of chocolates.
I dont like to go to a foreign country without knowing a little of the language.