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What is the purpose of the "a"s here?
Source/Book shown in the screenshot: "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens.
I can’t understand this sentence, someone can help me, please?!
There’s no doubt about it if you compile, as I do, dictionaries of slang for a living, ONE IS DRAWN INEVITABLY NOT ALAS TO THE GREAT CLASSICS, who are on the whole rather light on slang, but to someone like this fellow who has this amazing ability… I have no idea what the man means by this sentence, especially that part with capitals isn’t clear at all. I understand every single word but not the whole concept.
is there any difference between 'told him' and 'told them' in American accent?
I think I hear ['told them'](https://youtube.com/shorts/I17KjDS60As?si=h8ECDnxERfG9kV3t)(about 12 second ) but it actually is 'told him' from context.
Does a drink made by a juicer have a specific name in English, or is it just fresh juice?
In my language we have a specific word for it
Why do we say “I’m broke” not “I’m broken” ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1ivnuxn/why_do_we_say_im_broke_not_im_broken/
Dollars to Doughnuts....
I thought this sub might enjoy this. I was talking with a younger colleague and used the expression "Dollars to doughnuts" and he had no idea what I was talking about. Granted it's an older expression, but "Dollars to doughnuts" means "I'm so confident I'm correct, that I'll make a wager with you; if I'm wrong, I'll pay you in dollars, but if I'm right, you only have to pay me back in doughnuts" It comes from when doughnuts were only $0.05-$0.10 each, so it's like saying "I'd give you 20:1 odds that I'm right." ex: If a co-worker was habitually late, and they promised to be on time the next day, you might say "I'd bet you, dollars to doughnuts, that they won't be on time tomorrow" It's more of a rhetorical device than an actual wager, and with prices these days, it's lost a lot of its meaning. Hope you enjoy, let me know if you want more obsolete expressions!
Daily idiom: have someone pegged
have someone pegged >!to understand someone well!< Examples: - When it comes to politics, he has the candidate's true intentions pegged. - After meeting her, I had her personality pegged within minutes.
Why so people pronounce picture as pitcher in Canada?
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Would you like to try ??
https://i.redd.it/m244yicqd2fe1.png
Does this sound correct? “What do you do with the food you cannot finish in a restaurant?” “I would get them to go.””I would take them to go.”
Thank you!