Roomy, thanks a lot for the reply. I suspected it would be an informal expression, but as "keep to the right" was used in the passage right before the one I posted, and the whole section focused on "car-driving vocabulary", I thought it might be...well, something else, not a synonym.
Anyway, thanks a lot! Best wishes, Petr 2009/3/2 Roomy Naqvy <[email protected]>: > > Peter, actually informal idiom has been used. 'Keep over' would mean > 'keep to the right' in this passage. I'm a Professor and a translator > from India. I'm also a > member of the American Translators Association and am the current > editor of one of their newsletters. > > You might like to read "Twitter, Twitter: A Case for Social Media" or > how "Immigrant Teens Struggle With Formal Schooling" on my blog,http:// > issuesinacademics.blogspot.com/ > > Roomy Naqvy > > > On Mar 2, 3:17 am, Petr Hrubis <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> what exactly does the phrasal verb "to keep over" in the following passage >> mean? >> >> "Well, take the handbrake off. Right, indicate. Come on, drive away. >> At last! Right, keep over. Keep to the right. Change gear, then. Come >> on, accelerate!’" >> >> Go/drive across the street/crossroads? Or, go on? Many thanks in advance. >> >> Best, >> >> Petr > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Correct my English" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/correct-my-english -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
