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Confused about bad vs badly
I thought you use adverbs (badly) when the word modified the verb and adjectives (bad) when the word modifird the noun. In this case, I thought we are modifying the word "smells" and should use "badly"
Why is there no "it is" between "because" and "easily"?
It got me confused.
As an English learner what are some songs that have difficult lyrics to understand?
I'm an english teacher, and I have a lot of students that are very passionate about music. As part of homework/ an in class exercise I wanted to analyze song lyrics. I'm looking for songs with a lot of slang, phrasal verbs, idioms, etc. I've found some but I figured this might be a good space to find more suggestions! Thanks in advance!
Can someone explain the usage of this/may be NSFW
Don't know if this will be rude, but I was watching Rick and Morty when Rick said to Summer "at least jerking off tracks for my character" and I searched for the usage of track here so I could put it on my flashcards app, but I didn't find it. can someone give me more examples?
How can I understand everything without subtitles?
Obviously natives speak pretty fast and i don't understand everything they say in movies and series (Around 70% is a good estimate on how much I understand). I want to reach a point where I can understand everything without subtitles like natives and I'm not sure if I'm using the most effective way for that. What I'm doing right now is, when I watch english shows usually sitcoms(rn seinfeld, jerry is crazy fast sometimes) and leave the subtitles on but i don't look at them. I try to listen without the subtitles and see if i can understand what they are saying. If I don't understand i rewind and watch again looking at the subtitles and i rewind again to see if I can hear it without subtitles. But this is very exhausting to keep doing and it takes a lot of time. Is this the best way or is there anything better and more effective that I can do?
what is this phonetic script called
Instead of IPA, Google is using this kind of wacky ad-hoc phonetic script which imo doesn't help at all for the purpose of learning proper pronunciation. Is there even a specific name for this phonetic script?
Why are there so many verbs that mean "to kill"?
Like "to whack", "take out someone", "drop someone", "cap his ass", "eliminate", "take care of someone" etc.
What is "θεΏ" called in English? Photo attached.
I did some research on it and can't have desirable answer. So I just leave a question here. Is it really called "vest"? If so, then what is the third picture called? [https://www.langsbook.com/post/qmjwqwghmakjjokqrb](https://www.langsbook.com/post/qmjwqwghmakjjokqrb) https://preview.redd.it/mb0nmjv5v7qe1.jpg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2ea0e5cec4e09815576e7f48b927f258b1a0800 https://preview.redd.it/y2qdl617v7qe1.jpg?width=589&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13cc783c1e1d43b0547cda69f1256b5171c493f6 https://preview.redd.it/sfuq6oc6w7qe1.jpg?width=1120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0cc74036897889bb1c3e2f812c843b427332ee9
When I read a post about "diabetic" light novels, I was confused. Is this a meme or just wrong word usage?
While reading this post:[Whats the most diabetic Light Novel you guys have read?](https://www.reddit.com/r/LightNovels/comments/1j09t80/whats_the_most_diabetic_light_novel_you_guys_have/), I noticed someone using "diabetic" to describe novels. Although he explained "when I say diabetic, I mean something that just makes you go question yourself?", I just don't understand why diabetes would make people think of this. Is this an inappropriate description created by the poster, or is it some kind of meme? Also, are there any proper terms that could replace "diabetic" to express what the poster meant? I asked an AI, but the answer was all over the place. I hope someone can help me with these two questions. Thanks in advance!
What's the natural (though it is never natural) word for forcing individuals or nations out of their territory / homes?
Tough subject to discuss but I want to use the correct terms when teaching people. So, in the USSR and the Russian Empire, many nations were relocated for the sakes of whatever came to mind to the dictators and emperors of the time. Some were forced out of their territories and relocated to other distant parts of the Russia. Very similar to the Cherokee Rose Story but repeated many, many, many times with many, many, many different nations. What's this action of relocating an entire people called usually? What's the go-to term? I need a noun. Exile? Eviction? Relocation? I need a noun that lets you understand it wasn't done willingly by the people, like moving or relocation, it was forced by the authorities. I also need a noun that means exactly the same but for one person/family, not for nations. Like a person was accused of criminal / suspicious activity and was EXILED (???) to Syberia as their punishment. For example, you didn't like Stalin and somebody ratted you out and you (if you're lucky) and maybe the whole family get SENT (???) to Syberia or the gulag for years. What's that action called? I know it's not a very optimistic post but I need the normally used words to talk about the history of my country. Thank you everyone for your input!!