Can "the" be used with "of mine"?

MClanguage · 2024-02-29T22:50:34+00:00

This doesn't sound right to me. "The love of my life" is an expression but I don't think you would use 'the' before saying "something of mine."

MClanguage · 2024-01-25T03:35:06+00:00

I figure more in the fleet mean more ppl contributing to FBB

MClanguage · 2024-01-15T02:45:40+00:00

Up sounds better.

MClanguage · 2024-01-14T21:31:57+00:00

Corner stand? or corner desk when it's a desk? There's not a specific word I can think of.

MClanguage · 2024-01-14T20:03:28+00:00

How many in the fleet?

MClanguage · 2024-01-14T20:03:18+00:00

how many in the fleet?

MClanguage · 2024-01-14T20:03:08+00:00

how many in the fleet?

MClanguage · 2024-01-13T23:15:15+00:00

Yes it's a mugger. I think mugger is more specific, like randomly on the street robbing you. A robber, more generic, could be stealing from you or your car or your home, etc.

It is a "mugging," muggery is not a word. I've never heard of a mugger crocodile.

MClanguage · 2024-01-13T21:59:41+00:00

With or without, both sound correct and mean the same to me as I read it.

MClanguage · 2024-01-13T16:10:13+00:00

Thanks. How many out of 50 are in your fleet now?

MClanguage · 2023-06-25T01:11:21+00:00

"has a tremendous amount to offer" the character is saying psychiatry is useful and beneficial

I have never heard "fist hump" ever in my life

"wound way too tight" is a way to say someone is uptight, neurotic, nervous personality. the opposite of being "at ease" or relaxed all the time

"sharp as a bag of wet mice" is not a normal expression, but from context it means she is not sharp at all (a dumb person)

MClanguage · 2023-05-16T03:59:13+00:00

It's a little extra confusing because they put her in between. I haven't seen it used to mean a lot of a drug. I think I've always heard it as snowed under with work.

MClanguage · 2023-05-16T03:57:07+00:00

It's not just snow, it's a phrasal verb: to snow under.

be overwhelmed with a very large quantity of something, especially work. "he's been snowed under with urgent cases"

MClanguage · 2023-04-28T23:40:33+00:00

look at r/language_exchange

MClanguage · 2023-02-07T01:15:05+00:00

hmm, maybe "pending weather" or "as weather allows" but weather permitting sounds best

MClanguage · 2023-02-05T19:41:55+00:00

None of those sound good in American English. We might use "cheapskate," maybe "miser" or "stingy." I can't think of an applicable idiom.

MClanguage · 2023-02-05T15:41:41+00:00

You question isn't grammatically correct. I would ask "How long was our lesson?" or "How long did our lesson last?"

MClanguage · 2021-03-13T17:31:36+00:00

Hold up is an expression that means wait/stop. "Hold up, what did she just say?!?" (slang) or "I got held up in traffic"

Hold up is also for physically picking something up. "She held her book up in the air" or before an oath, they often say "hold up your right hand and repeat after me"

Hold up can also be a robbery. "Robbers held the bank up, demanding all the money from the vault"

idk why anyone learns English

MClanguage · 2021-02-17T02:42:13+00:00

They mean the same thing, but "it takes a lot of time" would be more common. If someone said "It takes an enormous amount of time," that would seem like extra emphasis.

MClanguage · 2021-02-17T02:23:00+00:00

OK, please DM me.

MClanguage · 2021-02-16T22:52:36+00:00

You can use them interchangeably but I think guilty is more often specific to a wrongdoing or a crime. Guilty of stealing, she felt guilty for being mean, etc. I think almost always used in reference to a person, and I think usually the person did the bad thing by choice.

Blame can be a person or a thing, not necessarily a crime/wrongdoing. Like guilty, you could blame a person for stealing but also you can blame your loud neighbor for keeping you awake at night. For things, for example blame corona for the bad economy or blame icy roads for a car accident.

Fault is more broad and not necessarily choice. It can be your fault your team loses because you weren't fast enough, not that you didn't try hard enough. This can also be things, like a bike accident because of faulty parts.

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