" put on more clothes" Wear more clothes. "take more clothes" Carry more clothes with you (possibly in your suitcase) but don't wear them right this minute.

I don't want to be an imposition. I don't want to impose. Of your suggested alternatives only this one fits: I don't want to be a burden. As you can see I've removed "on you" from your sentences. It's implied by

One score equals twenty so four score equals eighty.

- Japanese has become one of the most popular courses at university since the Asian studies program was established. I take this as referring to all or most universities (not any particular one). - Japanese has become one of the most popular

So it says, for example: there is one boy, next there is a girl, next a boy and again a girl and then they killed that last one just because it was a girl? I wonder if they would do the same if the fourth one was a boy and not a girl? The author

Can I use your bathroom? Can I use the bathroom? Most of what J apan borrows from abroad comes from the West -- from Europe and the US. "West -- from Europe" what's the meaning of -? It's a way to set off part of the sentence,

what is the abbreviation for july? There is no "official" abbreviation but you will sometimes see it written in a date as follows: 23-JUL-09 or maybe just JUL-09. If you are using it as a standalone word always spell it out in full,

"I bought a gift TO Jane." It's Jane's birthday. I bought a gift 'with my money' and I'm going to give it TO Jane. It's from me to her. No, this isn't correct. You would say "I bought a gift for

Is it better to say "free from these foreign powers?" I wouldn't say that "free from" is wrong but "free of" sounds better. Besides, should I insert "the" before "control" in the above? No.

(With question marks, of course.) Indeed. My bad.