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Use of the word /drop
Message from manu34 posted on 29-06-2014 at 22:40:30 (D | E | F)
Hi !

I wish you could help me : If I want to say somebody "try again ! Even if you failed keep fighting until you reached your goal! ", can I say "Never drop" in order to resume ?
Actually, I plan to have a second tattoo which would express this idea of insisting in the pursuit of your dreams but I'm not sure "never drop" is suitable for that.
Thank you !

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Edited by lucile83 on 30-06-2014 07:43

Re: Use of the word /drop from jonquille, posted on 30-06-2014 at 01:49:36 (D | E)
Hi,

I think "Never give up" would be better. "Never drop" would make someone ask you..."drop what?" (usually meaning a thing, not an idea)
Hope this helps!

Re: Use of the word /drop from manu34, posted on 30-06-2014 at 09:51:02 (D | E)
thank you !

Re: Use of the word /drop from siren12, posted on 30-06-2014 at 10:58:08 (D | E)
Hello,
-you can say ,never drop out your dreams for example.
"Never drop " ~~seems not~~ does not seem exact .
--"To drop "can be used with other prepositions with other meanings.

--to sleep a bit:to drop off
--to let somebody somewhere or something somewhere : to drop off
can you drop me off a bus station?
May I drop my bicycle off this street?

--to reduce: to drop away
--to be late: to drop behind
--to fall: to drop down
--to visit somebody : to drop in
I hope my commentary would be useful .

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Edited by lucile83 on 30-06-2014 18:17

Re: Use of the word /drop from gerondif, posted on 30-06-2014 at 11:12:04 (D | E)
Hello,Siren
I would have said:
Can you drop me off at the bus station?
Can I drop my bike off in this street ?
Never drop out of your dreams (sounds strange)
the verb is given as intransitive in the dictionary :
drop out vi intransitive: abandonner

Re: Use of the word /drop from siren12, posted on 30-06-2014 at 12:43:08 (D | E)
Hi Gerondif

Thank you for your reply.
you're right.
To drop out is an intransitive verb
However to drop can be transitif:laisser tomber
and intransitif: tomber

Re: Use of the word /drop from manu34, posted on 30-06-2014 at 12:43:46 (D | E)
Thanks Siren it helps a lot.
I think I'll write "Never give up", it seems better for the tattoo I plan to make ('cause it's shorter)

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Edited by lucile83 on 30-06-2014 18:19

Re: Use of the word /drop from clint01, posted on 30-06-2014 at 17:16:28 (D | E)
Hello,
I suggest writing 'never tattoo again' write them in 'your heart'

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Edited by clint01 on 30-06-2014 17:17

Re: Use of the word /drop from here4u, posted on 30-06-2014 at 17:27:22 (D | E)
Hello !
Am I mistaken or no one mentioned the only phrase that sprang to my mind with 'drop out' ...'drop out of school" ... but it's colloquial, if not slang ...

Re: Use of the word /drop from clint01, posted on 01-07-2014 at 00:58:59 (D | E)
Hello
we can add 'drop out of sight' too

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