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How do you say informally when someone steals electricity by tapping from the line illegally?
Are there any common idioms you may use to describe it? Or how would you say it naturally?
What this 'd stands for?
I'm reading 'The great Gatsby', Penguin's Edition from 2018. I think the book has an older english (it was first published in 1926) and sometimes I come to some expressions or abbreviations I cannot understand (I'm not a native english-speak, of course). So, I've seen this 'd followed by 'of' a lot of times in this book, but I cannot guess if it is 'would', 'did', 'had' or anything else. Can you help me?
Do girls use the word "pal" to each other? Or is it usually used among boys?
Hello Hello, I want to know if "pal" is a neutral term or more masculine, and I know girls use "gal pal" but whether girls would use only "pal" among themselves? Some context: I want to create a baking app mainly for bake lover, and I was thinking of calling it “BakePal.” Does that sound friendly and natural, or is it a bit off or outdated for a female audience? Appreciate any opinions!
The Catholic Church has a new Pope and he's American. How to say his name? (spoken) : Leo XIV. Is it Leo The Fourteenth? or Leo Fourteen?
Just that: The Catholic Church has a ***new Pope*** and he's American born and raised in **Chicago, USA**. But how to say his name in English? (spoken) : Leo XIV. Is it Leo The Fourteenth? or Leo Fourteen?
Do you use the word "impudent"?
Dear native speakers. Do you use the word "impudent"? There was an incident where I thought someone was being "impudent" and I went online and looked up the word and also searched if someone used this word on another subreddit, but did not find many results. Do you use "cheeky" instead? Do these have the same meaning?
A stupid question, who manage the new words in english?
There are so many new words appear every year, who manage these?
You and her or You and she?
I came across this example while memorizing vocabulary. How can it use an object pronoun here instead of a subject pronoun?
Bring me over a beer, bring a beer over for me, bring over a beer for me?
Hi guys, If I want to use 'bring over' to ask someone to bring me a beer, how should I do it? I feel like 'bring me over a beer' does not work because the direct object is *me*, is it not? So I would be the one being 'moved' by the verb. But any other combination that I can think of sounds a bit awkward. Of course, 'bring me a beer' is the easy way out, but I would like to know how to say it with "bring over" Thanks!
How to pronounce ''Thr'' quickly?
Saying Three and Through is easy, only problem though is when you have to say it quickly. For example: "Thirty three years old" Like it just doesn't seem possible to make your mouth touch your front teeth and switch to the r position so fast. So maybe there's a way around this? Maybe natives found some way to say it without having to do the full movement?
Why is this wrong? Isn’t “ do one’s job” a common idiom? Thanks.
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