How to describe this practice Some women are hired to endure sufferings of ten months and give birth to another couple's baby. How do you call this practice?surrogate birth or something?

Could you please me with three single-choice questions on my test paper? 1: All the members of the jury believed what the witness said was ( ). A credible. B credulous C reliable. D trustworthy 2: I think hes deceiving you with. ( ) promises. A vain. B. void C empty. D hollow 3: His professor thought his vocabulary was ( ...) for the clear and forceful statement of his ideas. A. sufficient. B adequate C. much. D enough Thanks in advance for helping, it would be wonderful If you could offer to explain a bit the reasons.

Personality contradiction /conflict, which one sounds better to you? Its taken from this sentence: Due to personality ( ) ,the two colleagues never got on well in work. Which one do you think better to fill in the bracket? and could you try to explain a little? Another question is: what does "adventure journalism " mean here in this sentence : Fleming filled out the 12years of Bond with great adventure journalism, even in stories which had little action or pay off, such as his short non-fiction book, The Diamond Smugglers,the 'Fleming-flair' ensured exciting reading. Thanks in advance!

Can you help check out the three sentences? do they sound weird? The following sentences are all taken from my test paper, i filled them up with two similar words. one of them is the "standard " answer, but i cant understand why my answer is wrong! so could you please tell me If they sound weird? I would be so grateful! 1, Unless /Until you do, you are not likely to achieve the most efficient kind of reading. 2,She supported me all the way /thoughout. 3,Thousands of audience /spectators at the stadium came to their feet to pay tribute to an outstanding performance. 4,We stood still, gazing out over the limitless expanse /stretch of the street. could you please make a bit explanation on why the "standard " answer is better than the other? Thanks.

Could you help me with these two English questions? Thanks, Im so confused. 1, my grammar reference book says that the two sentense are both correct. "Whether she be right or wrong, she will have my support. ""Be she right or wrong, she will have my support. " the point that i dont get is that why it cant be "Whether she is right or wrong, she will have my support. "? why do we have to replace "is "with "be "? 2,After working for the firm for ten years, he finally ( )the rank of deputy director. Achieved or attained? which one is better to fill in the bracket? andcould you explain the reason . I found them hard to tell apart in this case. Thanks.

would you please help me with these three english questions Im so confused. 1: There is no such thing as private ownership of land. There is no such a thing as private ownership of land. There is not such a thing as private ownership of land. which one is right among the three? could you please try to explain a bit? Im so confused. 2: It seemed he had quite a lot to talk to me, he didnt seem to like to finish the talk quickly,as was the case for the first time. In this sentence, what does “as was the case for the first time ” mean? does it mean that this talk was like the first talk they had or they never talked like this,thiswas the first time? 3: Its high time we ( )cutting down the rainforest. A stopped. B. had to stop C shall. D. stop The reference answer says that A is the correct answer. but i cant see whats wrong with B? Thanks A lot.

Would you please help me confirm this language phenomenon in english ? I noted that in english you would say "he didn't look her in the eye "instead of "he didn't look her eyes ". By analogy you would say "he took me by arm " " He punched her in the face "etc . Can you offer me more examples like this by analogy and could you try to explain a little to me so that i could grasp and use this language phenomenon in english better? The second question : I saw this sentence in a movie " this dress looks nice on you ,shows off your eyes " . what does show off mean here ? according to the subtitle i think it means this dress makes your eyes look more beautiful. but i always think show off has a negative meaning.what do you think of it ? do you think it's weird to say so or what would you say instead ?thanks.

What does it mean by "sweep me off my feet " ? I noted this expression in a movie and the girl in that movie said it in reference of a guy who's really obsessed with her. but this expression is totally lost to me and anyone can help me better understand it ?(i know what it generally means cuz there's subtitle just there's literally no clue at all why it means this way for lack of language intuition T_T?! by the way does this expression "clock's ticking " means that time is running low ?thanks.