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Thanks for suggestions. My English-Finnish dictionary has an example of using the verb "win" and according to it I can say "win by three to one". Any thoughts? I think it would be ok since it is just a shortened version without the word "goals"The Oxford Advanced...

As a native English speaker (well perhaps not entirely native, I was born in Russia and immigrated to the U.S. at the tender age of 7) I would have to say that apart from the obviously difficult aspects of the English language such as tenses, an unorthodox phonetic system employed in the language...

They are synonyms only in the meaning 1b: --------- amid 1 a : in or into the middle of <burst like a bombshell amidst the contemporary complacency -- Isaac Goldberg> <amid such a world, if anywhere, our ideals henceforth must find a home -- Bertrand Russell> b :...

I know this is rather futile problem yet I felt like I wouldn't sleep until I know the answer. Ere posting here I, of course, searched web and took a good look at all kinds of dictionaries (which are available for me). Needless to say that there wasn't any consensus among(?) them. I give you...

Besides can be a synonym for " in addition to" or " as well as". Essentially it signifies " + ""Except" and "except for" (not before a preposition or infinitive) work like "save for", i.e. that the following will be an exception, essentially a " - "Confusingly, both can be substituted by "apart...

SeekerOfPeace wrote:Hello everyone,I'm trying to practice my understanding of grammar. I'm trying to be as detailed as possible in my explanations.Is the following analysis right? Is there anything I should/could add to it?Thanks. The moment she entered1, the woman presented a sharp contrast to...

Hello everyone,I'm trying to practice my understanding of grammar. I'm trying to be as detailed as possible in my explanations.Is the following analysis right? Is there anything I should/could add to it?Thanks. The moment she entered1, the woman presented a sharp contrast to our shiny store2...

In idioms, often the preposition is indefinable, so you shouldn't focus on it. But, I know you want to, so I'll help (just for fun). In 3up, the up shows a direction, but this has no connection to actual direction. Basketball players run up and down the court. Generally, I like to think that...

There's some differentiation between the two here, they seem to be considered synonyms only for the meaning 2: --------- till Function:preposition 1 chiefly Scotland a : to a place of arrival : through to : as far as <till an end> b : to or toward a limit or goal ...

The meaning of "to admonish" you have in mind is a synonym of "to reprimand", and would certainly require the preposition "for". But in the context of the linked exam, "to admonish" functions as a synonym of "to warn". See this entry in the Merriam-Webster...