Added difficulty is that many U.K. artists - especially rock - tend to sing with an American accent - though this is dying out. 'Grime' songs are also delivered in an accent that has recently developed in London and the South of England and that has come from a huge melting pot of world languages and dialects, and is very different from accents and dialects elsewhere in the U.K. or that would be taught in a language lesson. Only way to get used to it is to keep listening, figure out the 'gist'/ main idea of the song and keep going from there! Hope this is helpful.

Hello, I think this means that out of 154 sunfish, four were alive and 150 were dead . So the ratio would be: 4:150. Simplified, this would be: 1:38. (rounded up) If my maths serves me correctly! Hope this helps, Alasdair

Hello Sasha, As Jane Eyre was written about 170 years ago some of the language can look a bit odd due to the rate at which English evolves. A bit of context - being sent away to school means being sent to boarding school. 1. 'Send' is a verb and can be left to function by itself in relation to a noun/ pronoun: "I will send the letter," or," I will send it." 'Away,' is used here as an adverb to modify of give more detail to 'send'. The difficulty here is that 'away' is such a general idea that it does not seem to add much detail. However, what it appears to do here is to emphasise the idea of distance from home for the girls and also the idea of a disconnection. Perhaps also, because 'away' is so general a concept it displays a lack of caring on the parents' part? As in they only want the children away from the house? (This sentence has a health warning - perhaps I am reading too much into it! English analysis can do this!) 2. The phrase 'Sent away to school,' indicates they were sent away - possibly far away - to a boarding school, where they would stay the whole term - sleeping, eating, etc. My history is not up to scratch on this subject, but I think this is an English/ U.K. tradition for those with money. As such, both sisters could well have died while attending school for the term. Context is everything when learning a language! Hope this helps. Alasdair

This is difficult without context, but I would try: "We must examine if these assumptions affect the utilization of the proposed method." ('Z' in utilized is American English, U.K. spelling: "utilisation") Hope this helps.

There are a couple of levels to this. In one sense the lyrics are especially true or vivid or natural - they have not been processed by a record company to sell records to kids, think of the difference between raw sugar cane and processed sugar. The singer might be describing a break-up in a way that the emotional pain is communicated to those who hear the song. There are also visual ideas of raw meat here - this singer had been wounded by the experience that they are describing and the wound is still open and painful. Hope this helps.

1. Is correct. 2. The sentence is awkward but not necessarily incorrect. A native English speaker would not express these ideas like this. English speakers usually express the main idea of their sentence first and then add on qualifying details - finding the main idea is the tricky part! For example: "I have known since day one that I can't trust you or your friend." However, for me, as an English speaker, this still sounds awkward. I would suggest changing: "I can't trust you or your friend," to: "either of you." So: "I have known since day one I can't trust either of you." 3.This sentence is unclear, I think because you have treated an idiom literally, as if making your day would be the same as constructing a house - "Make your house with bricks." In English you might say: "Try to make your day by exercising," but this still sounds awkward so: "A session of enjoyable exercise will make your day!" might be a suitable alternative. Or, drop the idiom: "Make your day," and say: "Exercise will improve your day." 4.Is correct. 5. Is correct but use an exclamation mark if writing it down to show emphasis/ feeling. Hope this helps.

Here, 'in' means being part of the process or sequence of events of getting people to act. "Leading is the final action of the manager of the process of getting people to act." Hope this helps.

I have studied change management and read some of Lynn Crawford's work so I am familiar with the concepts. In addition to grammar, ensure that you are citing Crawford's work correctly as well as stating the ideas as simply as possible.