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- Ask: perguntar a.

Ask him again.
Pergunte a ele de novo.

- Ask for: pedir por.

Ask the waiter for another beer.
Peça ao garçom por mais uma cerveja.

- Ask someone to: pedir a alguém para.

Did you ask him to come?
Você pediu-lhe para vir?

- You ask people certain things without using for or about:

I asked him the way/his name/the price/the time/a favour/permission/his advice (NOT asked to him the way).

- Ask é também usado para se fazer um convite:

I asked him to lunch - convidei-o para almoçar.

- Ask somebody out (=ask someone, especially someone of the opposite sex, to go to the theatre, a restaurant etc with you)

Jerry's too scared to ask her out.

- Ask somebody in (=invite someone into you house, office etc)

Don't leave them waiting on the doorstep - ask them in!

- Ask somebody along (=invite someone to go somewhere with you, especially when you are with a lot of other people)

Get Bill to ask Sheila along.

- Ask somebody over (=invite someone to come to your home)

I've asked some friends over.



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