By Translation, Expressions

I think the answer is neither NATO nor Cold War. But ,thinking profoudly it may have some relations with that. Especially after the fall of Seviet regime, Armenia declared that they dont accept the treaty about Turkish and Armenian border. But neverthless the relations were not much bad until...

In this case, Sue does not want to help her mother at this moment because she thinks she just needs a few more seconds to finish her job. She feels up to. (?) Sue thinks she will help her mother later. In the earlier case, the basketball player refused to pass the ball to his friend, because he...

It's an older form of to. It has gotten fossilized in some expressions. It's not used anymore except in such fixed expressions or idioms. You are likely to find it in the Bible. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." CJ

Barbara and Marius, thank you very much for your help. I was hoping that I had missed the meaning of the phrase because of some set expression that I did not know. But it is obvious that it is more a matter of philosophy than language. Marius, thank you for the suggested translation. But I am...

Well, now I have to make a translation here, so there is no 'either way'; I have to be more precise. Grammar Geek wrote:...they just have to accept that time is a factor in our lives that we can't do anything about. ...time is something we just have to accept "as-is." Just for your information,...

Don't know if there is a link, but "feet first" is the exact translation of French "les pieds devant", which is indeed a metaphorical humorous/slang-ish expression meaning "dead". It is used with "partir" (leave) (there is always an indication of movement, as of a coffin rolling, or lying on a...

This is from Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage:flat adverb A flat adverb is an adverb that has the same form as its related adjective: fast in "drive fast," slow in "go slow," sure in "you sure fooled me, " bright in "the moon is shining bright," flat in "she turned me down...

CalifJim wrote:Just a couple of points.Lastly, whether an expression in English happens to be a literal translation from another language is irrelevant. Sure, but in this case Already as a boy is found almost without an exception in letters of German students who wrote about their experience...

Just a couple of points. There is often no clear-cut division between what is grammatical and what is ungrammatical. There are thousands of groupings of words about which grammar experts cannot agree. The layman and the learner are often much more insistent upon the acceptability...

Englishuser wrote: Hi Calif Jim, You asked: Which do you find ungrammatical? (Or what does your book say, if that's the source of your question.) Number 2 is ungrammatical according to grammar books. Number 1 and number 3 are both all right, and represent good, idiomatic English. So, why...