strain If I lift a barrel of water, can I say my arms are tight with strain? How do you understand this when I say 'strain' ? Here are the definitions of strain. 1.Strain is an injury to a muscle in your body, caused by using the muscle too much or twisting it 2. If you strain a muscle, you injure it by using it too much or twisting it. Obviously I intended to include the first one in my sentence. I don't you know if you will perceive it as in the second definition?

Artistic skills Composition is the technique or skill involved in creating a work of art. do you agree to this? and is it same as Artistic skills?? can I say He taught me composition? to mean he taught me how to create a work of art like painting or photographing

I need to fix up a date to meet wit you as you are so busy? can I say I need to fix up a date to meet wit you as you are so busy?His spirit was broken what does this mean?

bolted it into place, swing it round and looking down its twin grooves like an expert I lifted one of the crossbows onto its assembled tripod and bolted it into place, swing it round and looking down its twin grooves like an expert What does ' bolt it into place' mean?> and what does swing it round mean?> 2. The boys had brought the horses over and were hurriedly hitching them up. what does hitch them up mean? 3, we turned to see Our cavalry charging after us , gaining all the time what does gaining mean? couldn;t figure it out how it fits into here, A big thanks for your help in advance,.

What does "counterthrust"mean? 1.He stood scowling and shooting petulant orders at squire who was trying to spoon him into large pieces of plate armor What does spoon mean? I believe it does not mean scoop up . 2, we must hit them hard, putting all we have into a single counterthrust What does "counterthrust"mean? It looks like a made-up word ! 3. I was armored with optimism three inches think and the thought glanced off like a spent arrow How do I picture "optimism three inches think" ? Does it just means too much optimism?? What is spent arrow? I think it means we shot am arrow , and that arrow would be called spent arrow ! Am I right ?

Half of one part chalk to one and a half parts flour “That ought to be plenty,” he said. “Half of one part chalk to one and a half parts flour. More than that and the bread’ll taste like powdered rocks.” Would you please shed me some light on 'Half of one part chalk to one and a half parts flour', as I have no idea about it. It seems to talk about the ratio of the flour and chalk

what does dry mean? 1. make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk" "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze" what does dry mean? Do you think this is the correct definition of rustling?