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Understand "bid"

 
 
Reply Fri 9 Jun, 2006 05:46 am
One setence in our text book"Stephen is coming here for tea ,bid you all goodbye".How to understand "bid"here?
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Fri 9 Jun, 2006 05:49 am
I think that the sentence would be better if it was, "I bid you all goodbye".
That would refer to a greeting. It is kind of an awkward sentence, and would not be used often.
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jespah
 
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Reply Fri 9 Jun, 2006 05:50 am
Here it means say.
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Tomkitten
 
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Reply Sun 11 Jun, 2006 03:41 pm
Understand "bid"
"Bid" is the present tense of the verb "to bid". The past tense of this verb is "bade". It means "to tell". You cam also use it as a command to do something.

I think a preposition was omitted - the sentence makes sense if you say "to bid you all goodbye".
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helloemily
 
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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 12:46 am
express my thanks
I'm so glad to receive your reply.It's very helpful.Thanks a lot.
Best wishes!
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