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    The third will be understood, but it sound bad to a native speaker. Business English Ed's advice is probably pretty good.
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    February 7, 2015
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    Randy's answer is good. I would add "inform" and "educate" to the list. "Convey" is a good choice for this idea, though.
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    February 7, 2015
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    Well, this is what slave means. But "captive" conveys the sense that they were taken from freedom into bondage. "Forced labour" also captures the same meaning of working against your will, but can also be used to refer to prisoners. In my opinion, "slave" is actually the most accurate term to use. But you can convey the idea of being taken into bondage from freedom by using the verb "enslave" as in: "our ancestors were enslaved." Without using the word slave, you might say, "our ancestors were taken captive for forced labour."
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    February 7, 2015
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    This is somewhat ambiguous, but I believe the author is trying to say that the paintings are either not well done (as if by a bad painter) or else that they were abstract, and they were difficult to interpret. Either way, the author clearly does not understand exactly what the paintings were trying to show.
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    February 7, 2015
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    The phrase "taste the power of money" is describing her sense of what she could do with money, and is hinting that she wants the power that money would give her. In general, to "taste" in this sense is to experience a small sample in a way that makes you want more. You can "taste" love, freedom, or many other things, if: 1) it is something you want 2) you don't yet have it 3) you have an experience of what it is like For example, if you are in prison and you are set to be released tomorrow, and you are taken for a walk outside, you might say that you "tasted freedom."
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    October 29, 2013
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    I would need to see more context, but this appears to be a title. For example, if it were written as "John Smith, Manager Body and Paint" it would probably mean that the person "John Smith" has the title "Manager" at the company called "Body and Paint."
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    October 28, 2013
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    I guess I would need to read the entire passage. This appears meaningless to me. I think it is intended not to make sense, but to sound like it makes sense.
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    October 28, 2013
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    Looks fine to me. It might be slightly clearer to say: "I bought this for you so that you don't forget me." If I were actually giving something with this intention, I would probably actually say something like: "This is for you to remember me by." I would use this construction as a matter of modesty, and has nothing to do with the correctness of the sentence.
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    October 28, 2013
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    By the way Алена, I think Neil's suggestion is a good one.  Looking over it, I've certainly heard most of the expressions in this, and something like a half or two-thirds are fairly common.  Some of them are a bit dated, though.

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    October 28, 2013
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    So many.  I think it kind of depends on what sort of style you are aiming at but here's 10 I've used in at least the past week, in no particular order, except than #10 is quite crude fairly offensive:

     

    1) Wrap one's head around / "I couldn't wrap my head why he did such a stupid thing." (To understand.)

    2) Under the gun / "Now that I'm ahead in this game, I feel like you all have me under the gun." (Everyone is working against me.)

    3) Touched / "You can talk to him if you like, but he's kind of... touched." (Crazy.)

    4) Dropped the ball / "Everything was working fine, but then I just dropped the ball, I'm sorry." (To fail in a task that should have been simple, or that you were expected to be able to handle.)

    5) Don't sweat it / "Hey, thanks for the help!" "Don't sweat it." (Basically the same as "you're welcome" but it can also be used to decline help, as in: "I can bring a truck if it would help" "Nah, don't sweat it.")

    6) To hell with it / "This is expensive, but to hell with it, it's worth it, so I'll buy it anyway." (It would normally be important, but I don't care right now.)

    7) Go pear-shaped / "Everything was going smoothly until about 7.  Then everything went pear-shaped." (The situation became weird, difficult to understand, and possibly unpleasant)

    8) Off the wall / "We were having a normal conversation, then she said something completely off the wall." (i.e. weird, unusuall, unexpected)

    9) The bee's knees / "This is just the bee's kneesl." (Wonderful, fantastic) [I don't think this is common.  It's from many years ago, but I use it anyway.]

    10) (This is quite crude) Shit the bed / "How did you wreck your car when all I asked was for you to get milk? You completely shit the bed!" (That is, you made a mistake so big that it is as unexpected and messy as if you... yea, shit the bed)

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    October 28, 2013
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