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22 January
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What is the difference between take leave of her and bid her adieu ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between take leave of her and bid her adieu ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
Oof, those are some archaic phrases. Take leave of her implies that he left her, but doesn’t indicate whether he actually said goodbye. Bid her adieu is literally bid her goodbye (adieu is a way of saying goodbye in French)
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- Korean
@Andrewhma oh thanks! then I better not to use those expressions?
- English (US)
@choi_summer you could if you wanted to sound a bit romantic.
“Now my love, I must bid you adieu.”
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@Andrewhma What about to take leave of someone?
- English (US)
@choi_summer not so much. The only thing I can think of is using “leave” is in a legal sense
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