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What do you call it when you sit in the cold draft too long and then you get a spasm?
I just realized I don't know the verb or phrase that would mean that one had been exposed to a draft or, say, cold from the AC, and now their neck or back or other body part hurts due to the prior cold air exposure. How do you describe that informally?? I've also seen this happen when people used AC in their car while driving and the air blew directly onto the driving wrist and then the wrist would hurt. In my native language you "blow out" a body part, which means the body part was exposed to a draft or cold air and now hurts, maybe that's also called a spasm but I still realized that I wouldn't know how to phrase the whole thing in a conversation. Thank you everyone in advance!! Any input is super appreciated!
What does this mean?
I'm confused about the "acknowledge a mild serve" part. I've scrolled through the entries for "acknowledge" on the Oxford Learners Dictionary [website](https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/acknowledge?q=Acknowledge) but didn't find any that made much sense
Why no "to"?
Why do I have this intrusive thought to use "to" in pair with make? The wind is making my eyes to water.
"hitching in my eye"
what would you understand of the sentence "i dont want to live with you itching in my eye"? i wrote it in a very old notebook where i was practicing by writing poems and stuff. i guess i was trying to say smth like "picándome en el ojo" either in the way of "poking" or "having an itch" but caused by a subject. edit: sorry idk why i wrote it with an "h"
🚀 *"Just invented a new phrase: 'Pole to win' (like a perfect first try). Thoughts?"*
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How is 5 a reported question?
I wasn’t sure what to choose tbh but I went with 1. The answer key says the right answer is c though. Aren’t reported questions like ‘she asked me if I could book a room’? I get ‘if’ can introduce reported questions but does it really introduce one in this particular one?
What’s a simp?
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What should I sincerely call a nice stranger who helps me
This community is nice and there are lots of people who are willing to help others and figure out their problems. So, I want to know how to call a stranger with my gratitude in case of making mistakes of calling other "buddy" or any other terms that might be offensive.
Do people still say "dassent" in the rural Southern US?
I was reading William Faulkner's *As I Lay Dying* (1930), and a character from Mississippi says it. Here's the sentence it is in: *Pa* ***dassent*** *sweat because he will catch his death from the sickness so everybody that comes to help us.* I wonder if anyone still says it in the South.
Shouldn't this be 'thought'?
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