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Hi! My name is Carolyn, and I would like to improve my Spanish and to help Spanish-speakers or anyone else with correct (and/or informal! :-) ) English.
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- They are betting and are using smokes (a slang term for cigarettes) for their currency since they are in prison. "I'll call that action" means I'll take that bet, i.e. bet against you. "You out some smokes." means You are (will be) out (losing) some smokes (cigarettes). because he is certain the other person will lose his bet on the 8th horse. A "quarter deck" would be a quarter of a pack of cigarettes. That is the amount that Heywood wishes to bet.0 votedMay 2, 20180
- 7 "so" is correct - "as a result" 9 If this happens, there will also be fewer (9)_jobs__for teachers. Because "jobs" is specific tasks or paid employment. Teachers would have less of certain work since much of that work would be done online with recorded videos etc. Teaching is an "occupation", which would not change, and neither "chores" nor "missions" is good to describe the work of teaching.0 votedMay 2, 20181
- "I suppose" and "I assume" mean almost the same thing, and sometimes either can be used. But "suppose" is more tentative and indicates less certainty, while "assume" means that one is taking something as fact, with or without evidence. (like, a politician's supporters assume what he says is true.)0 votedMay 2, 20181
- Yes, as Derek says, "include" is the correct choice - "Examples include Cybersix from Argentina and the heroes of AK Comics from Egypt." since that means "Some examples are ...". "contain" couldn't be used unless someone was speaking of something that is contained within the examples. ("In an inspection of canned vegetables, some examples contain insects.")0 votedMay 2, 20181
- 1 - "further out in the solar system" means within the solar system, further out than Mars (since Mars is specified afterwards in the sentence) 2 - "when" is almost the same meaning. The main thing is that the Mars awards must be claimed first before other awards will be offered.0 votedApril 27, 20180
- "Did you go anywhere interesting last week?" is correct. Following the verb, place (anywhere) almost always comes before time (last week). Time can alternatively come at the beginning of a sentence in many cases: "Yesterday I went to the grocery store." "I went to the grocery store yesterday."0 votedApril 24, 20180
- Your answers are correct. 40 I have chosen “compartment”, though I am not 100% sure. I know only one word “carriage”. In Ukrainian/Russian we say “wagon”. “compartment” wings me a bell. I think that’s the correct answer. --- A compartment is a room or a separate seating area. It would usually be an enclosed section of a train carriage. 43 I’ve chosen “examined”. I seems to me that the other words are not good at all. I might be wrong as I know “examined” only in medical context not in travel context. --- "examined" means looked at closely. It can be in any context. 44 I’ve chosen “settled” though I am 100% sure. The reason I’ve chosen it is that the other words are not so good, and my intuition says that “settled” is correct. ---- "settled down" means calmed down and returned to normal activities or rest 46 I’ve chosen “generally” I guess that’s the man’s opinion. I seems to me “usually” as well “commonly” aren’t as good as “generally”. --- The man doesn't actually know the other man, so he wouldn't know whether he's "usually" friendly. "Generally" is the impression the man gives, and is grammatically correct. 47 I would never say “make conversation”, but the other options are ever worse. ---- "make conversation" is a phrase we use to mean talk with people without a particular agenda or object in mind. 48 I’ve chosen “OFF” because I know they say “cut off”, Van Gogh cut off his ear etc… So, I thin “chew off” might work here. --- Yes, to chew off would be to remove the date.0 votedApril 23, 20181
- Saying that the teacher gave 50 pens to the (50) students could mean that every student got one pen, but the pens could have been distributed in another way. If you want to say that every student got a pen, it would be better to say "There were 50 students in class. The teacher gave a pen to each student./The teacher gave each student a pen." "Teacher Gave 50 pens to Everyone students." should be "The teacher gave 50 pens to every student." If everyone else got 50 pens and you got 48, you have 2 fewer pens/2 pens fewer than the others. When you can count the number, it's "fewer" rather than "less", though "less" is sometimes used in casual speech. (still not correct, but fairly common)0 votedApril 23, 20180

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