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- These are all perfectly correct. However, you could use the word "remarked": 1.“Light travels faster than sound”, remarked Mr. Fitz. I like "said" here, wouldn't change it: 2.“I hope your brother will be OK”, said Mum. You could say "stated" here: 3.The man stated, “This soup is cold.” To remark: to say offhand, as part of conversation. To state: to put forth a fact or opinion To observe: to state something from personal experience: "Moscow is cold in the winter," observed the man. Hope this helps!0 votedFebruary 24, 20162
- There is a correct answer here. To say it this way, as has been discussed, is not entirely natural, but I'll get to that. Saying it like this puts emphasis on the fact that you are interested in how they walk. To say: "I am sitting in a cafe watching people walk" is grammatically correct. "Walk" is the verb for "people". To say "I am sitting in a cafe watching people walking" is not grammatically correct. "Walking" is a gerund and shouldn't be used in this sense. You could say: "I am sitting in a cafe watching people who are walking" if you wanted to. However, to get your meaning across, you really need an English colloquial phrase: "people watching". It literally means to sit somewhere simply watching humanity go by, implying also a relaxed attitude and satisfaction with your circumstances. So, to get your idea across I would say: "I am sitting in a cafe people watching." If you want to focus on that aspect that the people are moving by, you could still say: "I am sitting in a cafe watching people walk by." Hope this helps.0 votedFebruary 24, 20161
- Hello, "Buy-in" is a colloquial phrase you hear most often in the business world. You would use it like this: "I want to show this proposal to our boss, but I need to get buy-in from my colleagues first" "I need to implement this change, but first I need buy-in from corporate headquarters" Or you could use it about personal life, like your family or friends: "I want to buy this new car, but first I need buy-in from my wife!" "I think Poland would be a great place to go on holiday with my friends, but first I need their buy-in!" You can think of "buy-in" as a colloquial phrase for "agreement", or in some usages, even "permission". Hope this helps!0 votedFebruary 24, 20160
- "at most", "at the very most", "at the utmost" all mean the same thing with increasing levels of magnitude (at the utmost, being the highest magnitude) IE, "this if of the utmost importance" at the furthest implies distance: "at the furthest point from the city center" at the outside implies a distance, and a specific location: "at the outside of the circle" or "at the outside of the building" hope this helps!0 votedFebruary 23, 20161
- السلام عليكم It is a great word! It is used in normal speech, but it is not a particularly common word. I'd say it's advanced, especially for a foreign speaker. But don't be afraid to use it... an example Americans would be quite fond of: "America is a bastion of freedom!" Or, perhaps at a college: "Our university is a bastion of learning". It is typically used in a epic sense, so avoid using it when a less dramatic word would suffice: So don't say "This restaurant is the bastion of great food", that would sound abnormal, just say something like "This restaurant has really great food!" Another popular usage is the "Last bastion of" usage. It indicates that the subject is the last stronghold of something. So, you could say "Northern Spain is the last bastion of the Catalan language". And you could say: Italki is a bastion of language learning! Hope this helps!0 votedFebruary 23, 20161
- It literally means "the warmth of luke", so about as warm as Luke would be, body temperature. It's usually used for specific requests: "The water needs to be lukewarm". You use lukewarm instead of warm because "warm" is up to interpretation: if someone just asks for "warm" water, it may come hotter than the requestor wanted!0 votedFebruary 23, 20160
- I'm not familiar with the song, but it sounds to me like it's fancy philosophical talk. It's not normal English or like people would normally speak. I don't know what it means either. Don't worry about it. For definitions of individual words: http://www.learnersdictionary.com BTW: it's "thanks" not "thank's" Hope this helped!0 votedFebruary 23, 20161
- The emphasis answer is correct-- the usage is most often like this: "You will need your own pencils for this test" Meaning, the testing center won't provide you a pencil, you will need to bring your own (see!), or you will have no pencil. It would be unclear if it said only "You will need your pencils for this test" Another example: "You will need your own sheets at this hostel" Meaning, the hostel has a mattress, but you will need to bring sheets that belong to you, because the hostel has none. Hope this helps!0 votedFebruary 23, 20160
- موحباً! From the Merriam-Webster's English Learner's Dictionary: http://www.learnersdictionary.com/ Predict: to say that (something) will or might happen in the future -All the local forecasters are predicting rain for this afternoon. -She claims that she can predict future events. -It's hard to predict how the election will turn out. Expect: to think that something will probably or certainly happen -We expect (that) the economy will improve. = We expect the economy to improve. -As expected, the election was very close. -Costs have been higher than expected. = Costs have been higher than they were expected to be. Thinking about answering your question I see how this is very confusing. The difference is in the usage. So, the "The weatherman predicts there will be rain" is correct, but "The weatherman expects there will be rain" is not. So "predicts" implies that you have a science or skill set specific to the situation that means you are probably correct, where as "expects" implies more of an opinion. Expect can also be used to talk about something you believe should happen. So, if you are a teacher, you can tell your student: "I expect you to turn in your homework tomorrow" or "My expectation is that you will turn in your homework tomorrow". Predict: you can say "I predict it will rain tomorrow" or "my prediction is it will rain tomorrow". Or, if a big event is going on downtown, and you have to drive downtown tomorrow, maybe you would say "I predict traffic will be bad tomorrow". Other acceptable usages in the same situation "I think traffic will be bad tomorrow" or even "I bet traffic will be bad tomorrow". OK, to add some confusion, you could also say here "I expect traffic will be bad tomorrow". Of all these usages I would probably say (this is colloquial speech) "I bet traffic will be bad tomorrow". Good discussion of this topic at this page: http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/predict-expect-anticipate.2010391/ Hope this helps!0 votedFebruary 23, 20160
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