Hi Pelin, "I'll give you a boost" is usually meant literally - helping someone up physically, for example over a fence. In the physical sense, you might say "I'll help you up." Uncommonly, it may be used metaphorically to mean an offer to help out. If using it metaphorically, you might say "I'll jump-start you."

Hi Diana, It's indeed a confusing phrase! I parse it as horror writers who write stories in a "meat-market" style. Generally, when meat-market is used as an expression, it implies a place where you interact with people impersonally. I think in this case, it has the additional sense of a bloody style of story, where people are killed off with little fanfare. Thus, the sentence is saying that some people might find Uncle Silas quite violent, but if you're used to reading modern horror stories you might not think it is so violent. This further implies that the author thinks most people should consider Uncle Silas violent, but that horror stories are too violent nowadays and so many people will incorrectly see Uncle Silas as not particularly violent. Hope this helps!

A more natural way to say that would be "every Linux admin worth their salt" or "any Linux admin worth their salt" depending on the rest of the sentence

Hi Niwantha, Both a and b sound natural, with b sounding slightly more natural to me. C is perfectly understandable, but sounds a bit awkward. Additionally, I would prefer "into my new job" to "in my new job", and I would remove "about". Thus, to me, the most natural English sentence would be: Since I am now settled into my new job, I will come to the university to discuss my unfinished studies.

I think this is very close! You are spot on with your explanation of "used to do" - it is a habit you had in the past. "Be used to doing" is very close, but it can be used in the present or the past, and simply means a habit that you have acquired and perform often. For example: "I was used to doing the dishes, but then I got a dishwasher and no longer need to" <- this means that although in the past I often washed dishes, I no longer am in that habit "I am used to doing the dishes" <- this means that I acquired the habit of often washing dishes in the past, and that has carried into the present.

I think what they're saying is "puns" instead of "plans" - a pun is a play on words that uses words that sound alike but have different meanings. That said, I still don't understand what Miguel is saying. I expect it's meant to be a play on words ("your thing" vs. "a thing") but the joke isn't clear to me.

At least in the USA, "Alignment with corporate values" or "Alignment with core values" sound much more natural to me. Both "embracement" and "corporative" are uncommon words and might make you sound like you're trying too hard or come across as a bit pompous. Hope that helps!

"Sometimes" is correct - sometimes means occasionally, now and then, or some of the time. "Sometime" is most often used to mean at an unspecified point in the future. For example, "We should discuss that sometime" would mean that you will discuss it in the future at an unstated time.