Showing posts with label Not know. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Not know. Show all posts

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Not know what is happening or what the situation is

1-I don’t know what,why,where...
Not to have any information about something
.

- I don't know why the event happened.
- I don't know where he has gone.
- We know nothing about his whereabouts.

2-I wonder what,why, where ...
You are curious about current location,situation,condition of someone or something.


- I wonder where he has gone.
- We wonder why he hasn't come.
- I wonder whether he could find a good job.
- I wonder how he can live on without any hope in his life.

3-I have no idea what,why,where...
If you have an
idea of something, you know about it to some extent.

- Where's Bob? I have no idea.(I don't know.)
- I've got a pretty good idea why he left early.
- Do you have any idea what he looks like.
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No one has any real idea how much the company will make next year.
- They had no idea what time they were supposed to arrive.
- Not have the slightest/faintest/foggiest/remotest idea (=not know at all): He didn't have the slightest idea of how she really felt.


4-I have no clue what,why,where ...
You do not know or understand or how to do something :


- Do you know where St. Paul Street is? I'm sorry, I don't have a clue.
- I don’t have a clue where she lives.
- I had no clue what he meant.
- Do you know how to switch this thing off?' 'I haven't a clue.'
- Until I arrived here, I hadn't got a clue what I was going to say to her.

5-I have no lead where he is .
This would no be heard in American English. 'A lead' is a clue or a piece of information that will 'lead' you to solve a crime or , a puzzle, a problem.


- The police say they are following several leads in their search for the robbers.
- They have no leads how the deaths happened.
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The inquiry team is also following up possible leads after receiving 400 calls from the public.

6- It beats me what,why,where...
Used to say something that you find it surprising and you do not know it or cannot understand or explain it.

- It beats me where the guys have gone.
- It beats me how the people can afford to spend so much money.

References:
Longman Activator
MacMilan Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary
Collins Cobuild-Leicon