http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=user%3aFlora%3fTang&o=DateDescendingSearch results for 'user:Flora?Tang'en-USXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoAnimalsPets/jmgvp/post.htm#831949Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:59:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:831949flora tangI have a guinea pig. It's a boy named Frank.http://www.englishforums.com/English/OfferedFirstFullThrone/jqzll/post.htmFri, 24 Jul 2009 14:38:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:831940flora tangHe would soon fire his father as his manager and vow that his next record, "Thriller," would make him the biggest star in the business - a promise met like few others. "Thriller" sold more than 20 million copies initial ly and sales now top 50 million. It earned him the title he bestowed on himself, "The King of Pop," and offered the first full take from the throne . How do I understand " offered the first full take from the throne "? It is from here . Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/DiverSnorkeler/wgpzw/post.htmSun, 26 Apr 2009 11:25:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:702074flora tangWhat's the difference between "diver" and "snorkeler"? thank you!Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:13:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:589790flora tangUploaded on Thursday, November 20, 2008http://www.englishforums.com/English/TribeBlind/hrxkd/post.htm#589099Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:00:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:589099flora tangBut in today's world it seems like we have different groupings. a younger generation that actually is much more tribe-blind or they've created their own social communities. It is from here .Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:36:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:588871flora tangUploaded on Tuesday, November 18, 2008http://www.englishforums.com/English/AFactoryModifiedModel/gmlck/post.htmSun, 07 Sep 2008 02:49:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:563305flora tangFor example: A year ago, faced with a 116-mile round-trip commute to his office in Southern California and a $100 weekly gasoline bill, O’Dell switched from a Subaru Outback to the Honda Civic GX, a factory-modified model that runs exclusively on natural gas. What does "factory-modified" mean? Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/CampAsKnickers/glzpv/post.htm#557058Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:54:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:557058flora tangplease look at the last paragraph in here . The actor McAvoy said: camp as knickers , with a kind of real guilty pleasure at the end. What is that mean?http://www.englishforums.com/English/AConditionSkullBonesFuse/gdmkc/post.htmTue, 27 May 2008 09:56:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:519505flora tangAkhenaten's head was misshapen because of a condition in which skull bones fuse at an early age, he added. (come from here ) “a condition in which skull bones fuse” means what? Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/14CarrotGold/gbjjv/post.htmSat, 03 May 2008 03:31:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:508797flora tangWhat kind of jewellery do rabbits wear? 14 carrot gold. What does 14 carrot gold mean? Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/BeTakenOffTheTable/grlrg/post.htmWed, 23 Apr 2008 13:02:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:504311flora tangthat impeachment's been taken off the table. How should I understand "take off the table"? Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToGetSomeMeatOnTheBone/grhvg/post.htm#503277Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:15:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:503277flora tangI got it from here . TIME: You're a brave man. You talk bluntly about a lot of things in your book. Cafferty: Well, I figured that if I was going to do it, I might as well try to get some meat on the bone.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NecklaceSeaStar/zhqxj/post.htm#466875Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:47:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:466875flora tangVerade wrote: Is it polite for me to correct your grammar? If so, here is a better way to write: Why is this kind of sea star called a "necklace" sea star? What does it have to do with a necklace? I hope you don't mind this correction. I'm new to this forum and don't know all the social ways yet. I appreciate for your correction. Actually, I hope people to do this to me!http://www.englishforums.com/English/ILoveYouIn100Language/zjrzg/post.htm#465290Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:37:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:465290flora tangChinese and Candonese are same language, they just differ in pronounce.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CanIAskYouAFavor/zjlqx/post.htmThu, 17 Jan 2008 05:28:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:465287flora tangI need this wikipedia page , but the government has blocked the website. Please copy me the text in your reply, thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/EatAPossum/zjrxj/post.htmWed, 09 Jan 2008 06:09:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:462069flora tangHow many rednecks does it take eat a 'possum? Two. One to eat, and one to watch out for traffic. Please explain the joke to me, thanks! Why the other one has to watch out for traffic?http://www.englishforums.com/English/NecklaceSeaStar/zhqxj/post.htmTue, 25 Dec 2007 06:50:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:456867flora tangWhy are this kind of sea stars called so? What a necklace sea star to do with a necklace? Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/OneHundredOneThousand/zggxz/post.htmMon, 03 Dec 2007 05:14:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:449060flora tangIn Harry Potter books, the UK version of One Hundred means One Thousand in the US version. How could that be? I really don't understand. here pp168http://www.englishforums.com/English/CanOpenWormsEverywhere/zgvnq/post.htmSat, 01 Dec 2007 09:11:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:448476flora tangCan open, worms everywhere - what's the meaning? Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheOtherWayAroundRound/zcgbl/post.htmWed, 10 Oct 2007 05:27:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:429193flora tangI couldn't tell the difference between the 2 : the other way around and the other way roundhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsMeaningThinking/vdmvc/post.htmWed, 18 Apr 2007 05:01:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:352361flora tangFor example: To the east of New Mexico is a state with a tradition of thinking big : Texas. Texas has more land than any other state except Alaska. Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsTheMeaningOfPreDate/vcpbd/post.htmSun, 08 Apr 2007 02:33:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:348265flora tangFor example: Although Easter is widely seen as a Christian festival which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, its origins pre-date Christianity and many of its symbols come from the earliest civilisations. Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/SubSaharan/vbjrg/post.htmWed, 21 Mar 2007 07:36:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:341604flora tangWhat's the "sub-saharan" meaning? Example: Nearly all wild lions live in sub-Saharan Africa, but one small population of Asian lions exists in India's Gir Forest. Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyWhatever/dpxnq/post.htmTue, 13 Feb 2007 04:29:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:328541flora tangSmile At Me I don't want to know who you are. I don't want to hear what you say. I don't want to see what you look like. All I want is that you smile at me.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PoliticalWeakness/dpxnk/post.htmTue, 13 Feb 2007 03:59:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:328535flora tangHow should I understand "political weakness"? So, President Truman and other party leaders discussed different candidates. Each one, however, seemed to have some political weakness . Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/HerHairWasBroken/dxkrm/post.htmWed, 31 Jan 2007 04:28:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:322247flora tangShe also worried about her hair. It was dry and broken . Her hair was falling out in some places on her head. Does the "broken" mean fall out, not in small pieces? Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhoseJob/dxcpx/post.htmFri, 26 Jan 2007 10:05:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:320192flora tangEvolution has bequeathed to our brains a variety of mechanisms for handling the ups and downs of life--from built-in chemical circuit breakers that shut off the stress hormones to entire networks of nerves whose only job is to calm you down. whose job? nerves or breakers?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeavyHitting/dnqld/post.htm#320190Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:58:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:320190flora tangNOW I understand! : )http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeavyHitting/dnqld/post.htmWed, 24 Jan 2007 10:55:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:319246flora tangIn an attempt to put a smiley face on its tarnished image, Wal-Mart hires heavy-hitting public relations firm Edelman, which sets about using tactics derived from political races to reverse public perceptions of the giant retailer. What's the meaning of the phrase "heavy-hitting"? Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/StopOrMyMomWillShoot/dnkjm/post.htmSat, 20 Jan 2007 04:04:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:317487flora tangHow should I understand "my mom will shoot."? Here is the full article: SPICE World The Movie is the worst film of all time, a survey of cinemagoers has found. The Spice Girls' flop was surprisingly followed by Oscar-winner Titanic - the highest-grossing movie in history. Grease 2 was third ahead of Waterworld and Hostel in the poll of 12,000 Brits by MSN Movies. Spokesman Mike Lok said: "I'm sure most viewers would admit to getting guilty pleasure from at least one film on the list. "Some movies are just so bad, they're good. TOP 10: 1 Spice World the Movie' 2 Titanic' 3 Grease 2' 4 Waterworld' 5 Hostel' 6 Anaconda' 7 Batman & Robin' 8 Gigli' 9 Catwoman' 10 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot . Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/MaoVisitedUsa/cqpgh/post.htm#314216Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:45:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:314216flora tangMao has been out of China 2 times during his life, both were to USSR. the first time (12/9/1949 ~ 3/4/1950) http://xzj.2000y.net/admin/uploadpic/20051030184749579.jpg the second time (11/2/1957 ~ 11/20/1957) http://xzj.2000y.net/admin/uploadpic/20051030185637985.jpghttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HarpSeal/dmqvr/post.htmFri, 12 Jan 2007 03:26:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:314211flora tanghttp://www3.nationalgeographic.com/animals/images/800/harp-seal-baby.jpg Why do people call this creature "harp seal"? what does a harp seal to do with a harp?http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsTheFloopyMeaning/dlgkz/post.htm#306524Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:54:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:306524flora tangIt comes from the US popular TV series <Friends> …… MONICA: You should feel great about yourself! You're doing this amazing independence thing! RACHEL: Monica, what is so amazing? I gave up, like, everything. And for what? PHOEBE: You are just like Jack. RACHEL: ...Jack from downstairs? PHOEBE: No, Jack and the Beanstalk. MONICA: Ah, the other Jack. PHOEBE: Yeah, right! See, he gave up something, but then he got those magic beans. And then he woke up, and there was this, this big plant outside his window, full of possibilities and stuff.. And he lived in a village, and you live in the Village.. RACHEL: Okay, but Pheebs, Pheebs, Jack gave up a cow, I gave up an orthodontist. Okay, I-I-I know, I know I didn't love him- PHOEBE:...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsTheFloopyMeaning/dlgkz/post.htmSat, 23 Dec 2006 03:45:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:306515flora tangI swear I saw the word in a play.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoesTheSentenceMakeSense/dldlh/post.htmWed, 20 Dec 2006 09:58:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:305667flora tangI should have known that the moment will come one day. Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseCorrectSentencesMe/dknlx/post.htmThu, 14 Dec 2006 03:35:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:303651flora tang1.No payment by due time,3% of the amount has to be imposed as fine. 2.Default over due,action should be compulsorily made as per related law. Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheyRepresentedWorkersCertainSkills/dclcl/post.htm#263644Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:45:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:263644flora tangCan I say "they formed workers with certain skills"?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheyRepresentedWorkersCertainSkills/dclcl/post.htmThu, 07 Sep 2006 05:10:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:263613flora tangVOA------Most of the leaders of America's traditional labor unions were slow to understand their new power. They were conservative men. They represented workers with certain skills , such as wood workers or metal workers. They did little to organize workers with other kinds of skills. Please explain the boldface part for me, thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/InHisLifetime/2/dcvwz/Post.htm#262464Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:54:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:262464flora tangfood items that the tomb owner would have eaten in his lifetime If the tomb owner had been in his lifetime, he would have eaten the food items. The food items which the tomb owner loved best. Isn't it?http://www.englishforums.com/English/InHisLifetime/2/dcvwz/Post.htm#262428Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:08:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:262428flora tangNef wrote: Flora Tang wrote: I am soooo confused with the tense- would have eaten . why not "the tomb owner have eaten in his lifetime"? Other images might represent food items that the tomb owner would have eaten in his lifetime and hoped to eat in the after-life. The "might" shows some uncertainty. It's like saying "It is possible that..." "Would have eaten" handles the uncertainty very well. If the tomb owner had been in his lifetime, he would have eaten the food items. The food items which the tomb owner loved best. Isn't it?http://www.englishforums.com/English/InHisLifetime/dcvwz/post.htm#262385Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:20:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:262385flora tangI am soooo confused with the tense- would have eaten . why not "the tomb owner have eaten in his lifetime"?http://www.englishforums.com/English/InHisLifetime/dcvwz/post.htm#261812Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:17:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:261812flora tangCan I change the "in his lifetime" into "in his next-lifetime"? The tomb ower must be dead then.http://www.englishforums.com/English/InHisLifetime/dcvwz/post.htmFri, 01 Sep 2006 13:34:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:261686flora tangFood was provided for the deceased and should the expected regular offerings of the descendants cease, food depicted on the walls of the tomb would be magically transformed to supply the needs of the dead. Images on tombs might include a triangular shaped piece of bread (part of the food offerings from a tomb). Other images might represent food items that the tomb owner would have eaten in his lifetime and hoped to eat in the after-life. This is about ancient Egyptian. Please explain the boldface part for me. Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDescendantsCease/dbnrj/post.htm#259733Sun, 27 Aug 2006 03:17:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:259733flora tangif the expected regular offerings of the descendants ceased , food depicted on the walls of the tomb would be magically transformed to supply the needs of the dead.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDescendantsCease/dbnrj/post.htm#259506Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:43:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:259506flora tangSo which means if the expected regular offerings of the descendants cease, food depicted on the walls of the tomb would be magically transformed to supply the needs of the dead , doesn't it?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheDescendantsCease/dbnrj/post.htmFri, 25 Aug 2006 16:09:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:259242flora tangThe tomb-owner would continue after death the occupations of this life and so everything required was packed in the tomb along with the body. Writing materials were often supplied along with clothing, wigs, and hairdressing supplies and assorted tools, depending on the occupation of the deceased. Often model tools rather than full size ones would be placed in the tomb; models were cheaper and took up less space and in the after-life would be magically transformed into the real thing. Things might include a headrest, glass vessels which may have contained perfume and a slate palette for grinding make-up. Food was provided for the deceased and should the expected regular offerings of the descendants cease , food depicted on the walls of...http://www.englishforums.com/English/EndangeringEndangered/dbwpp/post.htmTue, 22 Aug 2006 01:27:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:258058flora tangan endangering species = an endangered species? Thanks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnlyWhomEverHeardAgain/dbzkk/post.htmFri, 18 Aug 2006 11:21:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:257101flora tangThe first recorded successful descent of the river through the canyon took place when one-armed Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell led a team of nine men, only six of whom were ever heard from again . Please explain the boldface part to me. Thanks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Dj/dbbkc/post.htm#256011Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:07:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:256011flora tangI wasn't sure that the "DJ" stands on disc jockey. How come the DJ can earn so much money? Are all of DJs wealthy in the West?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Dj/dbbkc/post.htmTue, 15 Aug 2006 03:23:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:255937flora tangFilm producer Steven Spielberg tops the list of celebrity earners, followed by US DJ Howard Stern. ……………… What's DJ? Thanks.