靖州原副县长、常德日报传媒集团原董事长等3人被查！
616 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
2
votes
1
answer
275
views
meaning of the phrase "as far as" + a verb in its progressive form?
Here it goes:
Today I am going to show you exactly how a lot of people will improve their hip flexion as far as going into a physical therapy clinic.
It is from this video. It is at around 1 miute ...
CommunityBot
- 1
2
votes
1
answer
111
views
"billing music to fashion" meaning
Hockney
I've heard this sentence in a movie, actually a documentary, and the person says:
"In fact, his shows were quite unique,and he'd bill the music to the fashion models, to the whole ...
CommunityBot
- 1
2
votes
2
answers
208
views
Can anybody explain the structure "to be for somebody to do something" in this context, please?
From this article on Bloomberg:
A BOJ spending gauge is also pointing to a recovery. Its real consumption activity index stood at 105.2 in June this year, compared with a record high of 108.6 in ...
CommunityBot
- 1
2
votes
2
answers
141
views
relevant to the version in use as distinguished by the term ‘End User.’
This Agreement is between you (either an individual or an entity) and A Software Products, (hereinafter called ‘A’) A is willing to grant you the following the rights to use the Software known as B ...
CommunityBot
- 1
2
votes
1
answer
195
views
The contextual meaning of "would" in the sentence
What is the meaning of 'would' in the following sentence?
It's not what we would have expected from a professional service.
CommunityBot
- 1
1
vote
2
answers
80
views
Should I use "6 or 6.5" or "6 to 6.5"?
I took the exam four times. I got a Band 6 once and a Band 6.5 twice before achieving a Band 8 on the fourth attempt. Should I use "or" or "to"? I really want to include the two ...
CommunityBot
- 1
1
vote
2
answers
67
views
Feed Jack Clarke out the left
I don't understand the use of "out" in this context. Does it mean outside the box?
GOAL! Ipswich 1-0 Aston Villa (DELAP, 8 mins) Where has this come
from?!
The first time that Ipswich come ...
CommunityBot
- 1
1
vote
2
answers
89
views
An 'autopsy-esque table' or 'autopsy table-esque table'?
In this sentence I drafted, I am unsure if the modifier 'autopsy-esque' is correct or not for a table:
At the funeral home in Suzhou, the body of my friend was placed on an autopsy-esque table, in a ...
CommunityBot
- 1
1
vote
0
answers
53
views
What does "neither" here refer to?
In Killers Of The Flower Moon (2023), Ernest tells Ramsey about a job offer from King Bill Hale to eliminate someone.
Ramsey initially refuses, but when he learns the target is an Indian, he changes
...
- 25.7k
1
vote
0
answers
28
views
Subject + gerund question
I found the text below in a comment posted on the video for Taylor Swift's new song "Fortnight" (feat Post Malone) on YouTube. In one part of the video she (Taylor Swift) appears with her ...
- 1,325
1
vote
0
answers
62
views
"Hungry-hearted mothers"
(From A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe, Part I, Aberfan, chapter 5)
(In the vestry where the dead bodies of young schoolkids buried alive are to be identified. William, one of the embalmers, ...
- 1,539
1
vote
0
answers
95
views
What does "snakeballs" mean?
At the start of Transformers: Age of Extinction (about 6:45), Cade Yeager discovers an old truck inside an abandoned cinema. He asks the owner how much it costs:
Hey, snakeballs. How much for the ...
- 159
1
vote
2
answers
101
views
How do you understand "job ranking" and/or "jobs ranking"?
There's a publication that my company's translating from Polish into English that describes how Polish people perceive different occupations in terms of social importance, female/male character, etc. ...
CommunityBot
- 1
1
vote
0
answers
206
views
What does "the lesser lights" in the below context mean?
I'm reading a book "No-No Boy" by John Okada and there is a phrase that I'm not sure I understand correctly.
Does "the lesser lights" mean something like "the least dangerous ...
- 99
1
vote
0
answers
48
views
Does "You need to not eat much so that you will not be fat" have the same idea as "You shouldn't eat much so that you will not be fat"?
All examples are mine:
(1) You should not eat much so that you will not be fat.
I want to use "need" and "not" in the first clause instead of "should" and "not",...
- 6,385