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Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Jan. 2013
The word repeat we generally use it when we want to express that we have done or mentioned something that has already been said or done, as appropriate. This year we are going to repeat the holidays in Brazil because the previous ones were magnificent. I got tired of repeating that mom was coming tomorrow and you didn't come to dinner.
Also if something happens again we say it repeats. For example, if in a corner of the town The street is broken and several people have already fallen for that reason, it will be said that in such an intersection the accidents of pedestrians.
On the other hand, in the ambit academicThe word repeat has a recurring and special use since in this way it is called the situation of a student, of a student, which must perform a new course, take the same degree, or take a subject again as a result of: not having passed the corresponding exams, for not having attended the course for a long time, among other.
We also use the word repeat a lot.
when several hours after having eaten something, the taste of the food that was ingested returns to our mouth, but of course, it is not at all a pleasant taste nor does it cause a sensation pretty, but rather the opposite, it's disgusting and in most cases it is decided to take a special medicine, known as an antacid, so that this sensation stops. I can't eat your mom's sauce anymore, I'll repeat it the rest of the day.Another widespread use of the term in question, also linked to the intake of food or, failing that, of beverages, allows expressing the re-serve what you were eating or drinking because your need has not been fully satisfied to eat or drink or because the food or drink is so good that they demand more tastings.
It should be noted that speaking of activities that are enjoyed doing, it is extremely common for people to tend to repeat them for the pleasure that causes him to practice them.
Between the synonyms that we use most of this term we can cite those of reiterate and return.
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