Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: risparmiare

How could I say in English: "Questa se la poteva risparmiare!" ?
I can only think of: "He could as well shy away with that!"
What about you?
thanks

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 I can only think of: "He could as well shy away with that!"
ciao

 Ci sono sicuramente tanti altri modi, comunque quello seguente non va bene:
Mi viene in mente anche "Spare me...", e frasi simili col verbo "to spare".
In un contesto appropriato, ovviamente.
Bye, FB
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 "Do" come in "those will have to do" e "any will do", immagino.
Come in "I could do with going on holiday" (avrei bisogno di andare in
vacanza)

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Yes. I wondered if it had to do with "do" in such instances as I supplied.
Also, I'd like to know whether "do" always has to be preceded by "can" or
"could": not by any other modal whatever.
Bye, FB
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 "could": not by any other modal whatever.
Forse qui c'e' un po' di confusione. "Do" significa "andare bene" o
"accontentarsi" in queste frasi: any will do, that will do me, I will have
to do with it, etc.
Poi c'e' un altro uso di "do", credo molto britannico, in cui significa
"avere bisogno" e in cui "do" e' preceduto sempre e soltanto da "could" e
seguito da "with /without (se nel senso di NON avere bisogno)". Es.:
I could do with a break (se sono stanco), you could do with a bath (se emani
un cattivo odore), these are the things I could do without (se mi capitano
imprevisti), etc.
ciao

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Yes , as antonio says , two distinct uses . One small correction , tho' - we 
don't say , 'I will have to do with it' ; I think antonio is thinking of , 
'I will have to make do with it .'
Mike 

 'I will have to make do with it .'
Or "I will have to make it do", right?
I've read on my dictionary that "I can't do with noun/ing-form" means "I
can't stand/bear".
Bye, FB
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 can't stand/bear".
I don't know what you were reading while you were on your dictionary, but it 
doesn't seem like a good source of English expressions to me. I've never 
heard anything like: "I can't do with sarcasm". I have often heard, however, 
"spare me the sarcasm".


'in' your dictionary - you've done it again !
Yes - often in the form ' I can't be doing with...' ; it always sounds a bit
Scottish to me , though that might just be an accident of personal
associations .
Mike

 associations .
I see. Thanks.
Bye, FB
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 heard anything like: "I can't do with sarcasm". 
It is used in colloquial British English.
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Mary

 "could": not by any other modal whatever.
In this sense, I think only "could" is possible.
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Mary

 It is used in colloquial British English.
Interesting. Thanks. 

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Similar expressions are used here, too, but are less common.
"I can't do with her, and I can't do without her".
"I just can't do with it".
"I really can't do with more bad news".
More common is the positive: "I could do with a drink right now".
Joe from Massachusetts

 
Buffo. Fino alla prima 'e' sembrava che tutte le parole fossero in inglese e
non capivo che diamine tu stessi dicendo. :-)
Max