"Wet my beak" metaphor / idiom - English Language Learners …
Sep 18, 2016 · I am trying to understand the metaphor "wet my beak" from the famous American movie "The Godfather: Part II". In the film a local mafia boss in New York City tells the …
grammaticality - "Device got hanged" or "Device got hung"
If i have to report an event that took place earlier, what is better to report, "The device got hung" or "The device got hanged"? The current status of the event is unknown; it is still happening ...
"to getting" vs. "to get" - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
1) to getting We say a guide to grammar, a complete guide to football, etc. The structure is a guide + noun, and "to" is a preposition. Instead of the noun we can use a gerund: a guide to …
word choice - "Would you mind ___ these plates a wipe [...]?" Why …
Feb 2, 2017 · I saw this question in Cambridge website, can you please tell me why is the answer is "giving"? Is there any English grammar rule or is it just based in the English sound? Would …
word usage - 'I got a cold' versus 'I caught a cold' - English …
Sep 19, 2015 · The questions here are not about meaning. They are about the usage of the verbs get and catch in the context of getting a cold. My dictionary says that get can be used to mean …
meaning - What does "get someone off the board" mean?
May 25, 2017 · It's a gaming metaphor. When you "take" a piece in a game like chess, you physically remove it from the chess board. In the same way "get X off the board " means to …
What is the difference between “I got stuck” , “I was stuck”, “I'm …
Jun 12, 2020 · What is the difference caused by using “I got stuck”, “I get stuck”, “I was stuck”, “I'm stuck"? Could anyone please advise which is more natural and when should one use over …
difference - "Let's get started" vs. "let's start" - English Language ...
By itself, you can say either one. I would say that "Let's get started" means "Let's get underway," whereas "Let's start" means "Let's begin." For many activities, those two phrasings are pretty …
prepositions - Getting discouraged (by / with / from) somebody ...
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Can we say "He divorced" instead of "He got divorced"?
Sep 26, 2019 · If you're using divorce as a noun, then it doesn't need anything extra. This refers to the actual legal order. Divorce is complicated. He got a divorce. In idiomatic American …