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What does 'Dipper' mean here?
I just began this book and already got stuck on the first page. I assumed at first it meant something like 'laddle', related to 'dipping' but it starts with capital D so idk. Thanks in advance
"Not gonna fly" in the Present Tense?
Can this idiom - it's not going to fly - ever be used in the Present Tense? For example in a silly rhyme like this: *He bakes a pie,* *Pie in the sky.* *It doesn't fly.* *He starts to cry.* Is it correct to use it here in the sense that an inexperienced but overconfident someone bakes an awful pie that doesn't win a prize in a baking competition? Is it gonna fly?
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.
Can “partial to” and “vulnerable to” mean the same thing?
I’m writing an essay, and if I said “his insecurities made him partial to her lies” is that the same as saying “his insecurities made him vulnerable to her lies”?
I've got the flu. So don't come today. I don't want to give it to you.
Is it common and natural to say "I don't want to give it to you" in the context of infectious diseases?

What’s this food called?
https://i.redd.it/qwrlntpgcjke1.jpeg
How to say to a 4-year-old kid when he’s peeing for a very long time? Is it “you have a long pee”?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1itm2k5/how_to_say_to_a_4yearold_kid_when_hes_peeing_for/
Why so people pronounce picture as pitcher in Canada?
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Do British people use phrasal verbs more often than Americans?
I've noticed that when I read novels by British authors, I come across more phrasal verbs than in American ones.
“I gapped in 2023.” Does this sound natural to mean I didn’t take any courses in 2023? Thanks.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1i3k3vk/i_gapped_in_2023_does_this_sound_natural_to_mean/