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    "Do you have a pen?" is more formal. I regularly hear both forms.
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    August 15, 2014
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    "Keep my fingers crossed" -- I'll hope for the best / I'll wish you luck / I hope for a positive outcome. In this context it means: "Let's all hope this is successfully finished quickly"
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    February 20, 2013
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    "Look out for him" -- Take care of / make sure he does not get into trouble / keep him safe "Right" -- In the US, we'll say the word 'right' as a question. When we do that, we're telling you that we want you to say yes. In this case there is almost a pleading quality to it. This is a mother begging a stranger to keep her son safe in a war. But she's hiding the begging behind polite terms. I read this whole sentence as: "Please tell me you're going to keep him safe, please?"
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    February 20, 2013
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    "This" refers to the previous sentence. Being accountable. Read as: "I don't know anything about being accountable."
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    February 20, 2013
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    Background: In most states, if you win a majority of the popular vote you get all the electors. In some states, the number of electors is proportional to the popular vote. Because in most cases, the electors are clustered together, we should think of them as a group. Let's look at the 5 electors in Nebraska as a bunch of bananas. McCain won the popular vote, and in most states that would have one him the full bunch of 5 electors. But the rules are different in Nebraska and President Obama won enough of the vote that he was able to peel off one of the electors.
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    February 19, 2013
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    No. "The day before yesterday" is a specific day. In the US right now it's February 19th. The day before yesterday is February 17th. "The other day" could be ANY day in the past including yesterday or the day before.
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    February 19, 2013
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    What you've written is fine (once you add 'he' to it) grammatically.
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    February 19, 2013
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    Is this from, "The Yellow Birds"? It sounds familiar. Anyway, there's a lot going on here. "To get fed up", means that a threshold has been passed resulting in a demonstration of emotion. For instance: I got fed up with the constant pounding and yelled at the construction workers. I got fed up with her complaining and told her to shut her mouth. In this case the author is telling us that he got "fed up" over something unimportant -- that he over-reacted to a situation. The clue is in the preceding sentence, "I was still young enough for the weak mannerisms of rebellion." The author practiced these "weak mannerisms of rebellion" from when he was twelve until it culminated in his "getting fed up over nothing" and leaving in a taxi cab.
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    February 19, 2013
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    "Time around" means nothing by itself. "Next time around" means, "At the next opportunity" I'd read the sentence as: "I need to participate in this activity the next time it is available"
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    February 19, 2013
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    In the US "Shake things up" can come with implied conflict or force: The things getting "shaken up" are not inviting change and/or do not want change. Typically this happens in business or social settings. In sports, "shake things up" often means that important personnel changes have been made. These changes are usually controversial in some way. In business, "shake things up" often means that a new manager or leader is changing the way things have been done. Usually in an effort to save the company from failure. Socially, "shake things up" can mean different meanings. 1. Change the current social order for the better. (End some form of discrimination). 2. Do something dramatic to draw attention to yourself. (Show up naked to a formal event).
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    February 19, 2013
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