Don't know how to express this thought in English
Hey! Let's imagine I need to pass an exam and it consists of 3 parts. Now if I get the highest score for 1 part and then below average results for the other two so my final score is "average", how can I say that the part with the best score played the main role in gettin this final score? In Russian it's like "this part pulled (me) out" but I'm not sure if it can be used in English this way. I hope the explanation is clear. Peace! =)
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Don't know how to express this thought in English
Hey! Let's imagine I need to pass an exam and it consists of 3 parts. Now if I get the highest score for 1 one part and then below average results for the other two so my final score will be is "average", how can I say that the part with the best score played the main role in getting me this final score? In Russian it's like "this part pulled (me) out" but I'm not sure if it can be used in English this way. I hope the explanation is clear. Peace! =)
Saying 'part 1' or 'part one' is correct because we know there are three specific named parts to the test. If the test wasn't split into official parts, you could say 'one part of the test' but avoid using the number 1.
'Will be' works best because it follows from 'if'.
The English expression is similar: 'This part helped pull me through.'
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Can You Help Me? (I Do Not Know How to Express This in English)
Hey! Let us imagine that I need to pass an exam and it consists of three parts or sections. If I get the highest score for the first section, but then, below average scores for the other two sections, my final combined score will be "average". How could I say that the part or section with the highest score played the main role in getting this final score? In Russian, we would say, “This part pulled (me) out." However, I am not sure if that phrase conveys the right idea in English. I hope the explanation is clear. Peace!
Hi, Eldar. Good job! Whatever changes I made were to allow your sentences to sound more natural to my native ears, to clarify your ideas, and for ease of reading. Sincerest apologies if I have misinterpreted. I hope that this helps you. J.
Although I feel most native speakers would understand the concept that you were trying to state, you are using it in a figurative sense. The use of “pulled (me) out” is better used in a more literal sense (i.e., the act of pulling someone or something) where you actually help someone who is stuck or sinking or in a bad situation (e.g., A tow truck pulled my car out of the deep mud. The passer-by pulled the woman out of the chest-deep floodwaters. A heroic firefighter pulled the kids from the burning building. I pulled the splinter out of my finger.). Blair's comment is valid, but also along the same line as yours.
In English, IMHO, you would be more apt instead to hear such phrases as, “That part saved me! …rescued me! …bailed me out! ...pushed me over the line! …contributed the most! …kept my head above water! …gave me a passing grade! …pushed me over the edge!” Etc., etc. More informally, you could say, That part saved my ass! …my butt! …my bacon! [My apologies if I offended anyone, but that is what we say in English among friends…]
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