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28 Nov 2022
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A kettle of water needs twenty minutes to be boiled.
In the meantime, I can read the newspaper for this twenty minutes.
Does this sound natural and understandable?
How to make it sound more natively?
Thanks.
A kettle of water needs twenty minutes to be boiled.
In the meantime, I can read the newspaper for this twenty minutes.
Does this sound natural and understandable?
How to make it sound more natively?
Thanks.
In the meantime, I can read the newspaper for this twenty minutes.
Does this sound natural and understandable?
How to make it sound more natively?
Thanks.
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- English (US)
That is understandable but not quite natural. I would say:
A kettle of water takes twenty minutes to boil.
In the meantime, I can read the newspaper for twenty minutes. / I can read the newspaper while I wait.
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- English (US)
That is understandable but not quite natural. I would say:
A kettle of water takes twenty minutes to boil.
In the meantime, I can read the newspaper for twenty minutes. / I can read the newspaper while I wait.
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
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