Hello ! Do you use the present simple or present continuous when you want to describe a kind of action that is temporary/in progress but somewhat in a kind of state, like for example: Are you hearing anything from Peter these days ? / Do you hear

I'm sure you realize that this is not an isolated example. But the fact that the "w" is not pronounced. I cannot think of any other English word with a "w" which is not pronounced...why is Greenwhich an exception ?

Hello ! There's a question in my mind since ages: Why do you pronounce "Greenwhich" not like "green witch" but like "grannich" ? In other words: why is the w silent and the wide -ee- turned into a

Hello everybody ! I've recently read a sentence (slang, without a doubt) that I don't understand: "They're from Coventry, mate. They're working lads, they're normal boys. They've gone to all the schools we've gone

Hello everybody ! What does "off ter live" mean ?. The context is the following : 'S-s-sorry,' sobbed Hagrid, taking out a large spotted handkerchief and burying his face in it. 'But I c-c-can't stand it - Lily an'

Hello everybody ! What does the expression "the nerve of him !" mean ? : Mr. Dursley was enraged to see that a couple of them weren't young at all ; why, that man had to be older than he was, and wearing an emerald-green cloak! The

Ah, thank you very much !

Hi everybody, What does "jack" mean in the following sentence, please: "The heron pounded the air with its wings, jacked itself clear of the water and flew off down river." (John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, last chapter)

Hello everybody ! Does one have to say 1) Press the button, then on comes this light . or 2) Press the button, then comes on this light. ?

Oh, right, thank you...