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Hi, there

Please, could you help me with a few questions? Please!!!

1) If someone lives in a city with his mother and he doesn't need to work because he gets everthing he wants from his mother, but then he have to move into another city and live alone and provide for himself(Does it sound odd to say "PROVIDE FOR HIMSELF"?), would it be possible to say "Before he would lazy around all day, but now he has had it rough in another city" ... does "has had it rough" sound odd?

2) does "get something down" apply only to writting something down? Or could I say "I will get your number down on my phone"? "I will get it down on my phone"?

3) Is Harvard business school within or inside Harvadd?

4) If white spots shows up on one certain sweater of mine always I put it into the washing machine, could I say "Don't put this in. It will get white spots all over it. You have to wash it by hand"? Does it sound odd? "GET white spots"? What about "All over it" and "by hand"?

Please, I need your help!

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Hi, there

Please, could you help me with a few questions? Please!!!

1) If someone lives in a city with his mother and he doesn't need to work because he gets everthing he wants from his mother, but then he have to move into another city and live alone and provide for himself(Does it sound odd to say "PROVIDE FOR HIMSELF"?), would it be possible to say "Before he would lazy around all day, but now he has had it rough in another city" ... does "has had it rough" sound odd?

2) does "get something down" apply only to writting something down? Or could I say "I will get your number down on my phone"? "I will get it down on my phone"?

3) Is Harvard business school within or inside Harvadd?

4) If white spots shows up on one certain sweater of mine always I put it into the washing machine, could I say "Don't put this in. It will get white spots all over it. You have to wash it by hand"? Does it sound odd? "GET white spots"? What about "All over it" and "by hand"?

Please, I need your help!

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1. Provide for himself is perfect. Saying he has to rough it could have other connotations

2. I wouldn't use 'get your number down into my phone', it sounds a little bit odd. It's better to say 'take down your number' or 'put your number into my phone'

3. no idea about Harvard, I'm Irish.

4. Yes it's perfectly fine to say that the sweater will get white spots on it. And all over it is fine too. You can say wash by hand or simply that it needs to be handwashed

hope this helps!

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