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Traduzioni in contesto per "if you will" in inglese-italiano da Reverso Context: if you will excuse me, if you will allow, what will you do if.
18 set 2020 · if you will is sometimes used parenthetically to qualify a word or phrase: = ‘if you wish it to be so called’, ‘if you choose or prefer to call it so’. So these all mean the same thing: To be honest, she wasn’t much to look at — a plain Jane, if you will.
used to say that a particular expression is one way of saying something, especially to suggest that some people may not choose to say it that way: I did very well in school , with a " genius IQ" if you will. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ways of talking. atonally.
If it will make you happy, I’ll stay at home tonight. (If it is true that you will be happy as a result, I’ll stay at home tonight.) We sometimes stress the will or would , especially if we doubt that the result will be the one mentioned:
“If you’ll just take a seat, please. Mr Smith won’t be long.” This is a good example of a polite way to make a request. It’s similar to: “If you are willing to just take a seat..” Other examples of ‘the polite if you will ‘ include: “So if you’ll just sign here, that should be it.”
If you will. If you will, meaning if you will allow me to use this phrase, is a hedge phrase, and it could usually be removed. Writers often use it to apologize for a weak phrase—often a bad metaphor, a corny coinage, or a phrase the writer is reluctant to use.
If in a couple of hours it doesn’t go away, you will. If they catch you, you will be in a world of trouble. If we do come, then surely we will come to see you. If you arrive before noon, we will have lunch together. If you ask me for mercy, I will answer, yes. If you build it, they will come.
