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    I agree holidays do not take an article. In Stewie's response, "It's parachute day," Parachute Day is one thing like Christmas Day and hence no article. He could have said, "It is a parachute day." That day would have been one of many parachute days. Gymboree probably has more than one parachute day and using the article would be correct. You do hear the dropped article for other "special" days that are not properly holidays. Examples "It's movie night," "It's pizza night" You could use the indefinite article here, but will usually hear it dropped. Hope that helps.
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    February 12, 2023
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    No, either can or could goes with either one. The difference between can and could is just present tense versus conditional (puedes vs podrias). Open up just adds some emphasis to open. "Open the door" and "Open up the door" mean the same things but there is more urgency to the second phrase. Sometimes when a person shares personal information you could say, "he opened up" and you would not say, "He opened." But, generally the two are interchangeable. Hope that helps.
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    February 12, 2023
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    it reads naturally. I tend to write more formally and less conversationally, but many people write in the same style you have.
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    February 11, 2023
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    in sailing trim can also refer to the sails being ready. I would probably not say "a trim yacht," but a yacht can be trimmed or more likely, the sails are trimmed on a yacht. A neat yacht is probably, as Ersa wrote, a clean or tidy yacht. It can mean interesting. Although, using "neat" that way sounds very dated, sounds like a phrase that would be used in the US in 1960s.
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    February 11, 2023
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    1. Tearing is a way to describe pain, a ripping sensation. His abdomen was torn with pain means he suffered a lot of pain. Doubled, or doubled over is bent over in pain 2. "rip and tore" means caused pain. "rip arid pain" is nonsence. 3. pointed is a focused pain, hurting in one area. smear means the pain spread across his leg. This is a dark passage
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    February 11, 2023
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    1. scrambled out means moved erratically, stumbling 2. depression is a hollow or dip, an area that is curved in. "down across the black rock" is "down onto the black rock" 3. a flue is the inner part of a chimney that draws smoke away from a fire. Here the rock acted like a flue and drew the smoke away
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    February 11, 2023
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    I would use the first and not the second. Could also say, "We rarely had a fight in ten years," or, "We rarely fought in ten years."
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    December 1, 2021
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    I am not exactly sure of the context but I would probably write, "The previous examination on Nov 12, 2021." I speak AmE.
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    December 1, 2021
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    I write letters of recommendation frequently and would write the sentence the way you have.
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    November 23, 2021
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    The sentence is correct and natural.
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    November 23, 2021
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