1.Yes, you can say, 'What's a way of saying...?" or "How do you say...?" Are you green with envy? Are you you drooling with envy? Is this making you drool? 2. Both OK. Your order will be right up = ready soon Your order will be right out = means out of the kitchen, onto your tray or table 3. My parents are staying over tomorrow sounds better. No, you can't use 'cut to the chase' that way. You use it when you want to get to the point/say something in a direct way in a conversation. We don't use for an action.

Questions

Hi, there

Could you help me with three questions? Please!

1) Do you believe/trust God or do you believe/trust IN God? >> Do you believe in God?
And are you thankful or grateful to God? >> Both are OK.

2) Does it sound odd for a mother to say to her child: "Just you try/dare to use the computer and see what happens"? Can't I use "and see what happens" that way? >> don't use 'dare'. We use that when you want someone to try something risky.

>> Just try it and see what happens!

3) do you say "I will be gone (for) the whole of next month" or "I will be gone all next month"?

>> I will be gone all next month. or I will be gone for the whole/entire next month.

Thank you a lot!

A day of work and reflection!

My day today was very hard, but at the same time it was a lot of fun because I learned so much. Working is something that gives people the opportunity to grow to be someone in life. If you want to get ahead, you must learn something different every day and work hard. With consistency and dedication you can get what you want in life.

Graphic Novel

I'm reading the graphic novel "Persepolis". It's the first time that I've read a graphic novel and I'm loving it.  When my Italki tutor asked me how many pages the book had, I was curious, so I checked. It was only then that I realized that the book doesn't have any page numbers! I use a site where I list the books that I'm reading, the books that I have already read and the books that want to read. You can see the total number of pages that I've read in a month, in a year and so forth. For "Persepolis" I won't be able to add the page total unless I count each page and I definitely don't want to do that! I love this book and I recommend it to everyone.