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jahan
i am from persia. i like to be friend with all people around the world.
What do you call a word that a person always uses in when talking?
Let me clear myself. Example: when I talk I unintentionally use some words much more than usual. For example I use words " well" & "do you know". So sometimes people tell meabout that.
I mean what do you call this situation?
5 AnswersWords & Wordplay5 years agoWhat does it mean in english?
what does following words mean? 1-brian blessed .(i saw them on the application form for pirate of the year in the animation: pirate of the year the band of misfits) 2-tinzy winzy
1 AnswerLanguages7 years agowould you answer my english question?
hi
I'm learning English and I've studied many books. I try to study material which are used in real life not formal vocabularies etc.
these days I\m studying a book about phrasal verbs but I'm not sure whether they are used in real situations or not. so I decided to write some of them here a a way to measure how much these vers are practical. please let me know if they are used and if not, sugget the synonyms (the real ones)
some examples:
1-seal up:
he sealed up the envelope and wrote the adress on it
2-see to sb/sth
we must get that door seen to.
i'll see to the kids
3-scrounge somthing up
4-screen something off
5-keel over
I'm so tired i want to keel over and sleep for a week
6-heal up
7-hold sth back
they couldnt hold back their laughter
thank you in advance
3 AnswersLanguages7 years agoare following vocabularies common in everyday english?
hi I am learning English. I am studying a book about phrasal berbs(two word verbs) in English. I'm not sure if these verbs are common and are used in real life conversations or not. please let me know whether they are used or not and if not suggest me the real one.
fo example:
1- tag on
the kids tagged on behind their mother ( cause they were not invited to the party)
or kate's friend tagged on and spoiled the day.
2- tail back
the road was blocked by accident and traffic tailed back ten miles.
thank you in advance
pleaase let me know where you are from
4 AnswersLanguages7 years agohow do you ask about order of sb or sth in english language?
hi i am learning english. i want to ask question about order of sth or sb among its peers,
for example
1- order of obama among usa presidents
2-order of a boy between his sibelings
i just dont know how to ask question.
suppose there is an exam
1-.......................................................................?
answer: he is the third child in order
2.........................................................................?
answer: he is the 43rd president of united states of ameica.
i want the questions
1 AnswerLanguages7 years agocna you help me with this english langauge question?
hi i am learning english .
i want to ask question about order of someone in a group or sth like that.
for example i want to ask question about order of obama among usa presidents( the answer is :he is 43rd president of amerrica.
or i want to ask question about order of a boy among his sibelings.
what shoul i say?
thank you in advance
1 AnswerTeaching7 years agohow do you say following in english?
hi i am learning english .
i want to ask question about order of someone in a group or sth like that.
for example i want to ask question about order of obama among usa presidents( the answer is :he is 43rd president of amerrica.
or i want to ask question about order of a boy among his sibelings.
what shoul i say?
thank you in advance
2 AnswersLanguages7 years agohow do you say different soccer match results in english?
hi
please write english for following results
1- 0-0
2- barcelona 3- real madrid 2
3- chelsea 2- man utd 2
4- how do u say when a player scores three goals in a match?
5-how do you say when a match after addintional time leads to penalty to determine the winner?
thank you in advance
4 AnswersLanguages8 years agowhat is the synonym ?
hi
what word do you use for : to make something ( such as an idea, belief or a kind of behavior , )common among people.
is " promulgate" correct? do you know any synonym which is more common?
2 AnswersLanguages8 years agohow do you say this in English?
hi
suppose someone is going to visit your office. one of your friends is accompanying him. you ask the person that is accompanying him to arrange things in a way that he arrives late. to be late in order to get ready or organize things , etc
how do you say this sentence in English?
2 AnswersLanguages8 years agohow can I read a book on goodreads?
hi
I'm gonna read a book on goodreads.
1- at first is it possible to read a book on goodreads?
2- when i choose the book, what should i do?
there isnt any tab to press to read the book.
please help
thank you in advance
4 AnswersBooks & Authors8 years agodo you think it's a stupid thing to do?
hi everybody
I am 32 years old . I passed university entrance exam in 2000 and I have BA in Business Management. I've worked for a company for 7 years and based on our contract they ccant even fire me. but I've benn thinking about studying Medicine recently.
regarding my job ( i have to quit that if i want to study medicine) and my age , do you think that it's stupid to do that?
8 AnswersOther - Education8 years agodo you know any idioms or proverb in english language for following situations?
hi i am learning english. i am looking for equivalent for following situations in english. i mean the sentence or word that you use.
please native speakers answer my question and let me know where you are from
1- when you wanna tell someone that one who wants to find or reach something will get it finally
in persian we literaly say: seeker will be finder ) = this is a word by word translation.
2-suppose i am talking about my boss . and he is a cruel man. my friends starts saying good things about the directing manager for examplethat he is better than our boss, he's kind, etc. i want to say that he is the same as our boss . there is no difference between the both of them are not cruel.
in persian we have something that i translate word by word into english: the yellow dog is the brother of jackal.
please let me know the proverb or idiom for above situations
thank you very much in advance
5 AnswersLanguages8 years agohow do you say these in English?
hi i am learning english. i am looking for equivalent for following situations in english. i mean the sentence or word that you use.
please native speakers answer my question and let me know where you are from
1- when you wanna tell someone that one who wants to find or reach something will get it finally
in persian we literaly say: seeker will be finder ) = this is a word by word translation.
2-suppose i am talking about my boss . and he is a cruel man. my friends starts saying good things about the directing manager for examplethat he is better than our boss, he's kind, etc. i want to say that he is the same as our boss . there is no difference between the both of them are not cruel.
in persian we have something that i translate word by word into english: the yellow dog is the brother of jackal.
please let me know the proverb or idiom for above situations
thank you very much in advance
2 AnswersLanguages8 years agowhat does it mean in english?
hi everybody
what does it mean in english?
i don't wish ill on anyone. ( dont wish ill on somebody???)
3 AnswersLanguages8 years agois following sentence used in everyday english?
hi
when i want to talk about future:
1-" there is to be a meeting this evening"
and about an action in the particular point in the past(future seen from the past)
2- there was to be a meeting that evening
are two above structures common in real world english? are they used? or is it just used in writing ?
thank u in advance
2 AnswersLanguages8 years agocan you help me with these german questions?
hi i am learning german. please write my sentences in german
1- I have a house
2- you have a house
3- he has a house
4- she has a house
5- we have a house
6- you have a house (you as plural)
7- they have a house
b: how do you say following in english?
*** I want to talk to .....
vielen danke im voraus
3 AnswersLanguages8 years agocan you help me with these english questions?
hi please answer questions by number
1- what's the difference between " so" and " very "?
2-can i say: he is so very happy?
3- in dictionary says:pretty has two meanings 1- quite 2- almost i am confused. what\s the difference?
4-where does a mature student who hasnt gone to school when he has been youger go to study?
thank you in advance
3 AnswersLanguages8 years ago