By Constructions, British people

Dear teachers, I have done the work again and answered the comprehension questions. Would you please have a look at it and give me your corrections? QUESTIONS: 1) How does Rene describe the old lady? “a crusty old stick” + “This is going to be a bit of an effort, and I plucked up courage and...

Dear teachers, Would you please correct my answers? But before that I’d like to ask you if I understood the meaning of the underlined expressions or ideas. Furthermore, I’d like to ask British teachers if they confirm what she says about the “British thing” and give me more elements about this...

a good X hits only less than 1000 pages And it seems the latter expression is not common among British