Dwell literally means to live. Dwelling literally means living. So dwelling in the past .. means living in the past. Obviously, you can't literally live in the past... but when a person becomes very preocupied and distracted or regretful about things that occured in their past it is said that they are "dwelling in the past."

Here is an example of how I heard this phrase used a few days ago! I have a little niece who is not quite two years old. She climbs a lot. The other day we turned around and saw that she had climbed up into a chair and onto the table and was attempting to climb higher onto the kitchen counter. My mom said to my dad "You should pull the rug out from under that." .. what my mom meant when she said this was ... you should stop the baby from climbing higher.. she did not mean to literally pull a rug.

This is an example of a metaphor. Think of a big parade that was scheduled to occur in the center of your city. Imagine all the people are excited to view the parade. Everyone walks to the street and finds good places to view the parade as it passes. Imagine the children on their parents shoulders so that they can see. Now imagine a large storm with much rain and wind suddenly arrived without warning. Everyone is wet and uncomfortable and the parade becomes cancelled and everyone is dissapointed and returns to their homes without witnessing the parade. The term "to rain on a parade" is a term to describe the feeling of the parade being cancelled only applied to a different area in your life. For example: Imagine your best friend had a birthday party and everyone was having a good time. Then you and her had a disagreement and got into a big fight in front of all the guests. You decided to leave the party early and she yells to you as you walk out the door "you rained on my parade."

Here is an example: If an author was in the process of publishing a book author disclosure and author conflict of interest paperwork must be completed. This is legal paperwork that basically says that the author is the person he says he is and that the book is his original work, not stolen from another. Here is another example about conflict of interest: If a person writing a newspaper article which praised a specific brand of beer and the same newspaper author also owned a brewery which made this type of beer his article speaks highly of... this is a conflict of interest. Paperwork revealing this relationship would probably be required by most newspapers. Author disclosure and conflict of interest are legal references to practices designed to keep the media and press accountable.

"Does age matter" - This is how you say it! Here are some examples of how it can be said in a sentence. Does age matter if you want to buy alcohol in your country? I have smart friends who are young and dumb friends who are old; does age matter? Does age matter when learing a second or third language?

Here are some other additional natural ways you could say these phrases. I don't like to brag, but my Portuguese is awesome. I remember x (name of the song) For example: I remember Wonderwall Yesterday I watched x For example: yesterday I watched Suicide Squad

It means I am unhappy because of the conditions in Spain.