Global Breaking News - Sunday, December 22, 2024

038. If it hadn’t been for ~ = 만약 ~이 없었다면

I. EXAMPLES:
1. If it hadn’t been for your help, my experiments would have failed.
2. If it hadn’t been for the lifeboat, I would have drowned.
3. If it hadn’t been for her careful arrangement, the party would not have been a success.
4. Without my persuasion, he would not have come.
5. Without your financial support, we could not have finished the project.

II. DIALOGUES:
Woman: Where’s my son?
Fireman: Don’t worry, Miss, your son will be fine. We sent him to the hospital.
Woman: Thank you so much.
Fireman: You’re welcome.
Woman: Without your help my son would have died in that fire.
Fireman:  We got here just  in time.  A minute  later and it would have been almost impossible to save him.