To give someone grief I was wondering what it means when you say someone is giving you grief. I´d appreciate it if somebody could explain it. Thank you.

Difference between to knock off and knock over (meaning to burgle and steal) I recently watched a film in which two people were talking about houses that had been burgled. One of the characters said 'Two houses were knocked over last night. We need to find out who´s burgled them' I looked up in the dictionaries (Oxford and Macmillan) and the meaning of knocking over a place is to rob it and steal things. However, the same dictionaries say that to knock off also means to steal from a place, e.g.: They knocked off a bank. I´d like to know if these phrasal verbs can be used interchangeably. Thank you

I wish to brush up on my English Hello, I used to speak a lot of English at work but now I hardly get a chance to practise it. Could anyone help me please.