Jul 28, 2015 · The noun version of loading can be the abstract as commented above, but because it tends to refer to a process rather than an event, it is also natural and common to use it in …

Jul 24, 2024 · What is the meaning of "to coin a phrase"? I saw the meaning in some dictionaries and their examples, but yet I have trouble with it! Cambridge: something you say …

Apr 10, 2025 · Commands in English use the imperative, the bare form of the verb. To tell someone to do something, you say: Go get it. [to another person]. The imperative does not …

Jan 29, 2025 · "The cow" isn't idiomatic, for many reasons, but one is that you're being misleading. By saying "the cow, the pig, and the horse" in this particular context, it sounds like …

Jun 18, 2024 · I disagree somewhat - "row" means simply a loud noise or commotion here, not an argument or dispute. In the following lines, Holmes asks if Watson "include [s] violin-playing in …

May 29, 2025 · The example I won't be long; I'm pretty much finished is completely idiomatic. I would quibble with the paraphrase that you describe as a "translation in Persian" (of course …

Mar 25, 2025 · I can understand phrases like “bitch-ass punk”. I’m just not completely sure what exactly “-ass” means as a suffix. I’m watching Anora now and I just heard this: The boss is old …

Feb 9, 2025 · Usually I use “I’m hurt,” but many times I also heard “I’m hurting.” Which one is the correct form? I’m pretty sure both are correct, but they have different connotations.

Jun 10, 2025 · Yesterday, I asked a question quoting the following sentence. Overall, the number of foreign individuals in Germany and the number of foreign individuals in Britain are larger …

Jun 3, 2025 · Percodan is a drug. But I've no idea what Percodan talking means. My supposition is that it's about side effects of Percodan. Maybe the speaker has taken some of this drug, so …