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I translated a Japanese sentence into Engish. The model answer is : We have learned English for six years, "but we can't even exchange greetings in English without difficulty, much less have a discussion". Is it possible to paraphrase the " " part as follows?
1) but we can barely greet in English and can hardly discuss in English.
2) but we can manage to greet in English, but can not discuss in English.
3) but we can hardly greet in English, and much less discuss in English.
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Hi Waterlily,
Well, you don't need to use the word English twice in the sentence.
Also, you need to talk about greetings and discussions as objects. To use greet and discuss as verbs, as you have, you would then need to say WHO is being greeted (or how), and WHAT is being discussed (or how).
So something like "we can barely greet EACH OTHER in English, much less discuss THE WEATHER."
I hope this helps :)
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