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Butterfly feelings
Hello everyone!
Explain me , please, thw meaning of this idiom. I know that "butterflies in the stomach'.
Context:
I can"t sleep, buterflies feeling.
Thanks .The Interviewer asked the travel writer :
What do you usually feel before you set out on a journey?
" I remember the night before we"d leave for a trip. I "cannot sleep, butterfly feeling". I couldn't wait to go".
1) Fatigue 2) Overexcitement 3) Fear
The Keys says it's Fatigue. However, I think that something is wrong.I guess it's overexitement. Am I right?
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a lot better vs much better?
" I think jazz is rather interesting, but my friend insists that reggae is a lot better than jazz."
I'd say much better.
Is there any differences between them?
Thanks a lot.
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react or do not react?
People (react) instinctively to other signals, but organise their speech and make it meaningful.
I guess the correct form is People react ... but in the Keys is said : do not react. Why? I am sure we react .
One more question: what's the difference between memorisation and memorising?
Context:
Memorisation of verbal knowledge is more difficult.
Can I say memorising instead?
Thanks a lot.
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complain .....
What is the difference among complain about, of, on?
Can you explain it in examples?
Thanks a lot in advance.
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sentence or imprisonment?
The murderer received a life sentence/ imprisonment.
Can you explain the difference between them in examples?
Thanks in advance.
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Are they natural&
1 Jane had her husband to wash the car.
2 Tom will have someone recycle all the paper from his office.
3 Jane is having a plumber put special water filters on all her taps.
4 Mike had a mechanic alter his motorbike to give off less emissions.
5 Sally had Jane cook dinner for her.
6 I had the vet look at my dog.
7 I had the supermarket deliver the shopping to my house.
8 When will you have them clean up our local beach?
9 Kelly has had her car fixed.
10 I had my wallet stolen.
Thanks a lot,Are they natural ?
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older or elder?
«I was sitting in an arm-chair and watching my sister Alison. She was getting ready for a party. Alison was 15 years __________________(OLD) than me and she always treated me like a child.»
I am sure that's older.
Is elder and older interchangeable?
Thanks in advance.
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for certain or for sure?
‘The shoe is relatively small but we can’t say for (24)__ whether it was worn by a man or a woman,’ says Dr Ron Pinhasi,....
I guess these phrases are interchangible. However, the right answer in the test is FOR SURE.
Can you explain the difference in the examples, please?
Thanks.
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aim at or aim to ?
Context:
Led by the scientists from The Universityof British Columbia , this course is aimed ___ taking your novel from concept of completion.
I guess it's at.
Thanks a lot.
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have one
I can't understand the first sentence, to be more exact " have one" :
"Eighty per cent of UK men eligible for a driving licence have one. However, there are some five million males – including myself – who will never drive our partners home from dinner parties. Quite a lot of us will not do so because we find it too scary. There is no medical term for the phobia of driving, which let’s face it is a pretty rational fear, unlike say, balloons (globophobia) or felt (textophobia). We are simply "the nameless".
Thanks.
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