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Go away before I call the police. Go away or (else) I'll call the police.Neither of these would be found in a passage written in formal English. At least I can't imagine an essay, news article, or scientific paper that would contain the idea of threatening to call the police -- unless...

Churchill: A Study in Oratory Seven Lessons in Speechmaking From One of the Greatest Orators of All Time By Thomas Montalbo, DTM Published in Finest Hour 69 He wasn't a natural orator (=someone who is good at making speeches and persuading people), not at all. His voice was raspy (=If someone...

I love being President. Bill Clinton said, "I love this job!" I can't remember the Shakespeare. Was it Richard III? But I think he was refering to his own particular position, and might not have been willing to swap it for being King of Siam. "I love being Chairman of the...

It must be my Jewish roots, or perhaps the movie staring "Ah-nold" but "End of Days" was an expression I'd heard before, so I Googled that and got this from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_times End time, End times, or End of days are the eschatological...

"On behalf of somebody" is a fixed expression, so I wouldn't add "the".From Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionaries:on behalf of sb/on sb's behalf representing; instead of:- On behalf of the entire company, I would like to thank you for all your work.-...

Thank you Clive and Susankay . No , I just need several ways to express this idea exactly.This expression is usually used in newspapers. I often practice translating Vietnamese sentences from newspaper articles into English . I love English very much. Best wishes

Hi, The situation is as follows : China says the Paracel and Spratly archipelagos belong to them ,but Vietnam says these archipelagos belong to Vietnam . The newspapaper publishes an article on this issue and wants public opinion ( everybody ) to judge it justly by listening to the source of...

Thank you Clive , I don't know how to translate exactly from Vietnamese language . The situation is as follows : China says the Paracel and Spratly archipelagos belong to them ,but Vietnam says these archipelagos belong to Vietnam . The newspapaper publishes an article on this issue and...

1) The committee changed its recommendations because__ the privous ones were too difficult for most people to follow a) that felt that b) it felt that --> The answer is a but I don't understand why it's not the otherThe correct answer is b, so there is a mistake in the answer key. ...

Articles are omitted in expressions that have opposites or words that can be likened to opposites:from east to west, from morning till eveningSalesman and opera singer aren't really opposites but the author has chose to omit the articles just the same. That is his choice, using the articles...