2011年5月5日 · Ex.Please bring /give back the book to the library when you finish it Here, you could substitute give for bring but the 'back' still sounds better after 'book', however, we don't normally talk about giving a book back to a library . . . giving back to a person, yes, but not usually giving back to a thing. Ex.Bring my car back !or bring back my car

2021年11月24日 · "I'm giving the floor to XY" and "I'm handing (it?) over to XY" explain what you're doing, which isn't necessary in a context where everyone already knows the procedure. "Over to you, X" is okay, but it does sound a little like someone on TV and a little self-conscious, as though you think you are acting like a TV anchor.

2009年9月7日 · Goodmorning, Can someone tell me what the expression 'to give someone a flat tire' means? The context is: She stepped on the back of her loafer and gave her a flat tire, flattening the back of the worn leather so that Ruthie's foot came out of the shoe. many thanks in …

2007年1月2日 · That's gyp. Gyp is irritation, pain, annoyance, bother .... My X is really giving me gyp this morning. X could be my back, my arm, my sciatica, my wife, my mother-in-law, my boss, my shoes, my collar ...

2009年4月11日 · That's what it means. "Don't give me attitude" = "don't be rude to me" or "don't be disrespectful to me". Basically anything that is associated with a bad a

2010年3月29日 · Hi everybody! I'm supposed to be one of the spekaers at international conference. Know the agenda and other participants. What should I say to "yield a floor" to a person taking over from me? Our topics are complimentary to each other, so approaching the end of my presentation I wish to let...

2021年3月25日 · Give it a thought vs give it some thought I have googled it. And not sure which one should I used. Below are my sentences, not sure which one is correct. Or do they have different meaning? (a) Could you give this a thought and if you think this makes sense, could you help come out with the...

2008年10月6日 · From another thread: 謝謝 (xie xie) is Standard Chinese/Mandarin, you cannot say that in Cantonese. If you want to say "Thank you", you must say 唔該 (m goi) in return for favors. If you receive a gift, you say 多謝 (do ze). Mandarin and English do not have this distinction. I think I have heard a...

2024年9月28日 · Hi there, I know that the correct comparative of the adjective active is more active. However, my question is since active is a disyllabic adjective ending in -e, shouldn't it get the comparative adding -r? I am activer / more active than my brother. Thanks in advance.

2016年12月14日 · What follows is the meaning of what the person said, as opposed to direct speech, where what follows is literally the words they used. Your confusion stems from the fact that we sometimes omit "that", even when we are using indirect speech, because we believe that it is obvious that we are not giving a verbatim quote. So using "that" is more ...