Aug 13, 2009 01:59
15 yrs ago
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English term

just down the road

Non-PRO English Bus/Financial General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
For even more action and excitement (!) the town of Wendover, home to several casinos, is just down the road.

Not far away? or is under planning?
Change log

Aug 13, 2009 05:19: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Real Estate" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Aug 13, 2009 08:11: Cilian O'Tuama changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): writeaway

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Responses

+10
15 mins
Selected

very close

Yes, it's not far away.
Peer comment(s):

agree David Hollywood
2 mins
agree Elena Jones
33 mins
agree humbird
42 mins
agree kmtext
4 hrs
agree Armorel Young : Yes (exact meaning will depend on the frame of reference - if you tell a walker the nearest pub is "just down the road", you may mean it's about 100 yards away - if you say the same thing to a driver, you may mean it's a couple of miles)
5 hrs
agree Andy Carr : For "just down the road" to mean "in the planning" you would have to be specifically discussing the development of this location
5 hrs
agree B D Finch : I don't think there is any way it could mean "in planning".
5 hrs
agree Rolf Keiser
11 hrs
agree Sheila Wilson : It does sometimes refer to close in terms of time, but that's probably not true here
14 hrs
agree George C.
1 day 13 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks"
+4
17 mins

Not far away or just around the corner

Yes you had it right yourself. The town of Wendover, where so much fun is to be had, is close enough for easy access. Not far away at all.
Peer comment(s):

agree David Hollywood
1 min
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
9 mins
agree humbird
40 mins
agree George C.
1 day 12 hrs
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2 hrs

close by

just down the road => close by
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