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What do the English words "lowkey"/"highkey" mean? How do you use them?
I'm seeing the words these days.
What is the difference between Expat and Migrant?
What is the difference between Expat and Migrant?
to sail with a motorboat?
In my native language Dutch we got separate words for sailing with a ship that has real sails and uses only the wind to go forward (zeilen much like the English to sail), and a verb used for to go forward in a boat in general (varen) but that's also translated with to sail. So, if I got my motorboat, and go towards a certain place, the motorboat is 'sailing' to .... ? There really is no separate word for this? Sailing is what you would commonly also use for ships that have no sails whatsoever? To me that seems kind of odd.
What was the hardest language skill for you to learn (reading, writing, speaking, listening, etc)?
I find that reading and writing come so easily to me. My biggest struggle, however, is speaking. I am not sure if it's the pronunciation or just the fear of getting judged. This has been my greatest challenge, but I am slowly gaining the confidence to do it. I've even opted to speak to myself. What's the hardest skill for you?
How do you pronounce Isaiah?
For native speakers in the English speaking world, I’ve heard people pronounce it as either Ai-Zai-Uh or Ai-Zay-Uh, I wonder if perhaps people also pronounce it as Ee-Sai-Uh? Before I knew about the more common pronunciation in English, that’s how I imagine the word sound like. I’m Asian so I would appreciate it if anyone with knowledge in English, European languages or Hebrew could enlighten me on this! Thanks!
He WHAT????
I'll have to read all Shakespeare's plays in order to understand this mf
Is it incorrect to say "recommend me"?
I've seen people use the phrase, so now I'm really confused about what's actually correct. Maybe the people I've seen using it are also learners. But my (other) question is: if I want to use a phrase like that in a list *(movies, music, etc.)* what would sound natural to native speakers?" * Recommend me similar stuff. * Recommend similar stuff to me. / Recommend to me similar stuff. * Recommend similar stuff
I am confused with "kind of".
As this title says, I found many Americans speak "kind of + verbs or adjectives", which contradicts that only nouns can follow behind prepositions.
Is it common to say "first off" or "first of all", but there's only thing the speaker has to say?
I've seen quite a few times people on the internet use this phrase when they only have one thing to say, which is pretty different than the definition.
Is "The American people" a redundant saying?
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