The "Hail Mary" is a Catholic prayer. Here is the full prayer: Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. I hope that helps!

Yes, your second guess is correct. It means he knows more dead people than living people. I haven't seen the movie, but he may be referring to the people buried in the cemetery. Or maybe that most of the people he knew are now dead. I hope that helps!

1. "What day is your birthday on?" Yes, this is good. 2. "What date is your birthday on?" This is fine too. I think it sounds more natural to say, "What date is your birthday?" The answers to these questions could be slightly different. In the first one, the reply could be which day of the week (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) your birthday is on this year. In the second one, the answer would be the month and day of your birthday (December 1st, for example).

As Phil and Ruthi mentioned, look out for them as you read and listen. Also, here's an article that lists many of the common phrasal verbs with example sentences: https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-phrasal-verbs/ Hope this helps!

It's a reference to a line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet ("What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"). It means "what is the significance of what we call something?" Hope this helps!

Hi JeongEun, I'm not Korean, but I'd be happy to help you practice English. Feel free to message me if you're interested.

"Whom" is grammatically correct, because you're asking about the object of verb (whereas "who" asks about the subject). But as Pablo said, "whom" isn't really spoken anymore.

Yes, you are correct, the subject of the first sentence ("dollars") is plural. So it should be "Over a billion dollars a year are spent..."