"far from that" doesn't sound right, it should say "far from IT" anyway Sarah gave the right answer (far from it = far from sleep = I didn't sleep well)

Arnold Schwarzenegger. Also Jesse Ventura.

you mean that stupid holiday invented by greeting card companies? I think so.

A) I like this place. / I do like this place. The difference is that in the second phrase, there's an implied question as to whether or not they like the place, in the first phrase there is no implied question, simply a statement. B) I don't like this place. / I do not like this place. Yes, the long form "do not" makes it sound more sure in the second phrase.

Just watch this video, you'll understand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggXmKPMaHMo

blame the feminists, they insisted that we men should treat the women like us, and expect them to be as boorish and uncivilized as we are. The whole opening doors thing is silly though, should I walk around the other side of the car and open the door even though the lady could very easily do it for herself? I believe in being a gentleman but some of this stuff is just plain silly.

There are two kind of "th" sounds, one of them is voiced and the other is unvoiced (voiced = you vibrate your vocal chords) (unvoiced = you don't vibrate your vocal chords) in "this thing" the first "th" sound is voiced, and the second "th" sound is unvoiced. but you can have two voiced "th" sounds next to each other as well, for example if you say "this and that" both of them are voiced. Ps. "this" is only for singular, not plural, so it would be "this thing" and "these things"

one tenth is 1/10, and one quarter is 1/4. there are a second set of numbers for counting that goes. 1 First 2 Second 3 Third 4 Fourth 5 Fifth 6 Sixth 7 Seventh 8 Eighth 9 Ninth 10 Tenth and so on if you say the number one before these numbers, for example "one ninth" then it means if the thing is cut into 9 pieces, this is 1 if those pieces, or 1/9. And if you say "two ninths" then it means if the thing is cut into 9 pieces, this is 2 of those pieces, or 2/9 "first" and "second" are only used for the order of things, for example the winner of a race comes first, and the person right after them is second. so we would never say 1/2 as "one second" instead we say "one half" and for 1/4 we either say "one quarter" or "one fourth" both are correct.