Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
around the corner
English answer:
close to the school
Added to glossary by
jerrie
Feb 24, 2004 19:23
20 yrs ago
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English term
around the corner
Non-PRO
English
Art/Literary
We have lunch at Dean’s Super Subs around the corner from school.
Does “around the corner” mean “from the school and it is at the corner of the street” or “from the school turn left of turn right and it’s somewhere there”?
Does “around the corner” mean “from the school and it is at the corner of the street” or “from the school turn left of turn right and it’s somewhere there”?
Responses
| 4 +11 | close to the school |
jerrie
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| 4 +5 | not far from school |
Nikita Kobrin
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| 4 +4 | See picture ... |
Alaa Zeineldine
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| 4 +2 | Turn the corner |
David Moore (X)
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Responses
+11
2 mins
Selected
close to the school
'just around the corner' can mean close by, or it could mean literally go out of the school and turn around the corner.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
2 mins
Turn the corner
before you reach the cafe, restaurant or whatever. Otherwise it would be "on the corner".
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Armorel Young
: yes, and IMO it doesn't just mean close to the school, it means you've got to go round a corner to get there
1 day 1 hr
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| agree |
Alaa Zeineldine
: I think Armorel is right. There are other expressions for proximity like "right next to" or "right accross the road from", so maybe we should not discount the distinction here.
2 days 12 mins
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+5
2 mins
Nikita Kobrin
Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania
Translator/Journalist/Voiceover Pro
Native in: Russian (Variants: Standard-Belarus, Standard-Ukraine, Standard-Russia, Standard-Latvia, Standard-Lithuania) 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian
Related KudoZ points
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35
not far from school
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Note added at 3 mins (2004-02-24 19:27:12 GMT)
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not far from the school
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Note added at 3 mins (2004-02-24 19:27:12 GMT)
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not far from the school
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Edith Kelly
11 mins
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| agree |
Vjollca Martinson
38 mins
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| agree |
karina koguta
2 hrs
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| agree |
jebeen
8 hrs
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| agree |
perke
16 hrs
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+4
4 mins
Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Egypt
Native in English
&
English
Egypt
The best in IT ... and in Automotive
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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198
See picture ...
... but in reality it just means very close to the school.
______school______
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| around the corner from school
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Note added at 2 days 18 mins (2004-02-26 19:41:21 GMT)
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Please see my comment on David Moore\'s answer. Armorel points out an important point there. I retract my suggestion that it just means very close to the school.
______school______
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| around the corner from school
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Note added at 2 days 18 mins (2004-02-26 19:41:21 GMT)
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Please see my comment on David Moore\'s answer. Armorel points out an important point there. I retract my suggestion that it just means very close to the school.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Patricia Baldwin
: very graphic! :))
43 mins
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Call it abstract art!
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| agree |
Fuad Yahya
1 hr
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| agree |
RHELLER
: you get the points for your drawing ability :-)
2 hrs
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See? I can do your web page like this too:)
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| agree |
Rajan Chopra
5 hrs
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