would have had us waiting when X was about to

13:14 Jul 9, 2017
This question was closed without grading. Reason: Errant question

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: would have had us waiting when X was about to
>>> INTENTIONALLY RAISED THIS QUESTION (ALSO) IN THE "WRONG" LANGUAGE PAIR, hoping to receive some more replies from ENG natives this way... - Thank you for your understanding
Ulrike MacKay
Germany
Local time: 11:03


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3[See below.]
Robert Forstag


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would have had us waiting when x was about to
[See below.]


Explanation:
and would have had us waiting here when the better opportunity was about to present itself.
=
and we would have been in a position to take advantage of better opportunities that arose.

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This is my suggested paraphrase. My guess is that the English here was drafted by a non-native (be that as it may, it is poorly drafted).

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 06:03
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Robert, and everybody else in the discussion above (which I cannot access/reply to anymore, unfortunately) - I must apologise for a) my obviously unsuccessful attempt to copy/paste my ENG>GER question here, and b) my non-reaction so far, due to an incident in the family. Please let me thank you all again and just close this one without grading.

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