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In English, relative formality is less a question of grammar than of vocabulary and syntax, whereas other languages -- Spanish, for example -- use a different set of verb conjugations. In an informal situation, I might say, "Gimme that." But the formal expression would be "Would you please...

i am study the idioms and expression, but i don't understand how can we use? and when? pls explain or teach me. thank you very much. 1. black and blue 2. sugar and spice 3. true to form 4. food for thought 5. fight tooth and nail... thank you for your suggestion again

Aw, how many English, drearyness, covet, somber, digress, scent and an idiom again checked and more expresions and all of this used now and here what means it is in use, no problems with learning strange expressions or words. Many thanks.

be mustard at e.g. I am mustard at parallel parking. Dose this phrase have the same meaning as "be good at" in this situation? Is this a common expression in English conversation? I looked up the word "mustard" in my dictionary, but I couldn't find any similar phrase or idioms there. Thanks...

Actually, "so-called" generally means that they are not what they seem. They are called teachers, but in your opinion are not actually. The expression is generally used derisively rather than literally.

Normally you can only wrap Something up not people though the expression you have used sounds poetic. You can wrap yourself up in warm clothes. You can wrap someone around your little finger. (idiom)