i've got to do something or i've got a sore throat... these are examples of bad grammar slipping into american slang. Sorry, Anon, but the expression "have got to do something" (meaning "must do something") is quite

Ooh, what's wrong, right clothes for inhibitions? / You couldn't afford the price of admission. Now the girl in this scene is wearing black body-fitting clothes. So is the guy telling her the clothes are not just for looking and she

when they were discribing cars, they said: Cornering : does it hug the road or does it wallow about ? 1. Is wallow about an idiom? I can only find some reference in british style. 2. In this context, when discribing cars, what does

Hi, alc24! I'll try to help you with these sentences. Are these sentences that you are trying to write correctly for yourself or for an assignment? 1 When/If I don't have to wait, I take the subway otherwise I take a cab. When is the

How do you pronounce those words in American English? There are basically six "R-colored vowels" in American English, represented by the sequence: Sharp thorns tear poor deer's fur. ( tear in the sense of rip ) You can look up

This is what I hear: I can see you believe in working hard. Oh, it's perfectly all right with me. Just carry on. (???), sir. When the cat's away, you know... The last part seems to be a reference to the expression " When the

This is my version of the text: We used (1) to have great family holidays when I was younger. There was always something (2) interesting to do, such as going to the beach, playing football or going on rides at the fair. In the evenings we went to

The only google reference to this phrase is an album name: Into the Great Wide Open is the eighth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, first released in July 1991 Is that what you are talking about?

Hi, 'Reference' here means 'a lot of mentions'. There were a lot of references to Tom means 'Tom was mentioned a lot'. You refer to something. 'The platform' is an idiomatic way of speaking about

Just write as if you were speaking to him/her/them. When you have composed your letter, you can post it here, and we will check it for you.