The adjective "Rock-wielding" describes a person who has rocks in his hands and is ready to pitch them at you at a moment's notice. (in other words, he uses the rocks as a weapon) Compare it to "a knife-wielding

Thanks, Philip Your answer squares well with the examples I found at COCA, that corroborate both versions. That's interesting because before I considered only #1 to be correct.

Hi, Could you tell me which sentences sound o.k. to a native speaker? 1. His proposal was met with opposition 2. His proposal met with opposition Thanks in advance!

There's also a quite common expression: "on the beat" This is an example I found on COCA: I think it's time for us not to be the policemen on the beat in the city of Baghdad

And choosing "preference" would run counter to common sense here. The intended meaning is "the laws could turn out to be to the research team's disadvantage". "Preference" has little to do with

I would add the word "the" to the left of "U.S.A". Absent that, it looks good to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English

3. ??? I'll hazard a guess: he meant "whether a man can keep his desire for specimens of the same sex in check, to a large extent depends on his upbringing, education"

I think the speaker does actually say "he would", though both words are said very quickly -- which is why I initially suggested "he'd". But in the louder recording, I think there's enough there that you can't really

Listening to the tape a second time, I heard "he would" too.