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19 mar 2016
- Portugués (Brasil)
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Inglés (US)
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¿Esto suena natural? I know you did your best, but your performance didn't come up to my expectations, I'm afraid.
¿Esto suena natural? I know you did your best, but your performance didn't come up to my expectations, I'm afraid.
Can you make the sentence sound more natural?
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- Inglés (US)
Poco natural
@Eduardoakaedu: I would avoid using correspond in that context, and you could say didn't live up to, but meet sounds a bit more professional, you could also say that the performance failed to meet expectations, and not refer to yourself at all, which is probably the best option, because it's more objective.
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- Inglés (US)
Poco natural
Try "I know you did your best, but I'm afraid your performance did not meet my expectation."
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- Portugués (Brasil)
@elfsummer Thanks.
How about ''...your performance didn't live up to my expectations or ...your performance didn't correspond to my expectations'' do these also work?
How about ''...your performance didn't live up to my expectations or ...your performance didn't correspond to my expectations'' do these also work?
- Inglés (US)
Poco natural
@Eduardoakaedu: I would avoid using correspond in that context, and you could say didn't live up to, but meet sounds a bit more professional, you could also say that the performance failed to meet expectations, and not refer to yourself at all, which is probably the best option, because it's more objective.
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