http://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Specific+Examples+of+Simple+Machines+Real+Life+ExamplesSearch resultshttp://www.bing.com:80/s/a/rsslogo.gifhttp://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Specific+Examples+of+Simple+Machines+Real+Life+ExamplesCopyright © 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved. These XML results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner or for any purpose other than rendering Bing results within an RSS aggregator for your personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of these results requires express written permission from Microsoft Corporation. By accessing this web page or using these results in any manner whatsoever, you agree to be bound by the foregoing restrictions.https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/last-week-month-year-etc-past-time-periods-or-specific-points-in-the-past.3710862/Hi teachers, One of the uses of the simple past is to express an action or state, recent or not, at a specific or vague past time period. We use time reference + ago to show how far back in the past something happened. Eg. 1. Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. (vague past time period) 2...Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:45:00 GMThttps://forum.wordreference.com/Active forums about languages and translationFri, 03 Apr 2026 17:33:00 GMThttps://forum.wordreference.com/threads/is-there-a-specific-word-for-a-person-who-has-one-leg.1918886/Is there a specific word for a person who has one leg? There are the usual jokes here and there online, including a name for a one-legged woman - Eileen.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:10:00 GMThttps://forum.wordreference.com/threads/a-an-specific-problem-s.783502/a specific problem an is reserved for use before nouns with a vowel sound Not exactly. It has to do with the next word, regardless of what it might be. For example: Put an extra plate on the table. I ate a delicious apple.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:38:00 GMThttps://forum.wordreference.com/threads/a-the-rainbow.3305719/Sometimes, what's "specific" simply refers to the specific "picture" of "something" that we have in our minds. In other words, we all know what a "rainbow" looks like, and that makes "rainbow" specific enough for the use of the definite article. The tropical butterfly's wings were shimmering with the colors of a rainbow.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:26:00 GMThttps://forum.wordreference.com/threads/liken-vs-compare-vs-analogize.3968767/To me compare and liken can be used interchangeably in this specific case, however in many other contexts when X is being compared to Y, the whole point of doing the comparison is to identify differences, not similarities. Additionally, I guess the verb analogize is rarely used in English (either in AE or BE,) so we can even forget about it. PS.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:27:00 GMThttps://forum.wordreference.com/threads/relationship-specific-investments.2234197/Hello everybody, I'm translating an article about economics and I keep finding the expression "relationship-specific investments" but I can't understand the meaning. For example I found the phrase "Ownership encourages parties to make more relationship-specific investments", oppure "control...Sun, 02 Feb 2025 01:37:00 GMThttps://forum.wordreference.com/threads/better-words-to-substitute-for-things.2246415/There are other specific terms in many other contexts. If you give us more of the context in which you plan to use this sentence, or the subject of your essay, we might come up with some that fit. Lacking any context, the generic "things" is all we have. Added in edit: Cross-posted with the previous poster, who said the same thing in far fewer ...Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:14:00 GMThttps://forum.wordreference.com/threads/specific-or-specifical.2140218/Specific or specifical? Cynic or cynical? Clinic or clinical? Medic or medical? Juridic or juridical? etc. Specifical is not used. Cynic is a noun, while cynical is its adjectival form. Same thing with clinic and clinical, medic and medical. Juridical and juridic are both adjectives and have the same meaning, but the latter is rarely used.Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:26:00 GMThttps://forum.wordreference.com/threads/in-on-july-in-on-month.3474759/I'm not surprised it's been driving you crazy! For a specific date, as in your first two examples, we use 'on'. For a less specific time reference, we use 'in'. You may think of it arising from 'The final is in [the month of] July', The final is in [the year] 2018. Therefore, the preposition for month + year, both of which are not specific dates, is 'in' – so you say 'The WC final is in July ...Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:43:00 GMT