Feb 11, 2024 · 大家好！ With Chinese New Year being today, I imagine a lot of people are setting off fireworks and firecrackers in China, Taiwan, etc. I know that to set off firecrackers is 炸鞭炮 (Is "放" …

Nov 19, 2021 · With regards to "I have Fridays off", I think you're right in the sense that there's definitely an ambiguity: you'd need to follow up with another question in order to ascertain the reason why you …

Jun 10, 2007 · Do you say 'get off the phone' only to someone who's talking on the phone with someone else? Or can it also be said to someone who's just playing with his phone, gaming, scrolling facebook …

Nov 11, 2006 · Hi, Does lie off mean the same as lay off please? Here’s an example: 3000 employees were laid off. 3000 employees were lain off. [The sentences come from a test and both are correct] I …

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Feb 26, 2010 · Welcome, Philiponfire. Personally, I might have used "a physical description to go on"; there are other options, of course. For example, you could just delete the whole clause: "with only a …

Mar 30, 2014 · Turn on the light Turn off the light Switch off the light Switch on the light but what about put on/off the light? Do they exist? What does it mean ? I saw them in the LongMan dicitionary but …

Feb 19, 2019 · I take your "on" to mean "off", velisarius; however, if I'm wrong, please, let me know. Meat that is cooked & served on the bone still gets taken off by your teeth when you eat it; you're …

Jun 4, 2019 · Hi, everyone, Here's my question: If someone has been off work for *1* week, then what does he mean by saying "I'm off work for *2* weeks"? Because he has only been off work for a week …

Nov 12, 2013 · Well,no I didn’t think that. I’m sorry mom, if you want to call it off;we can do this another time. The approval for the work schedule codehas not been supported yet. According to the GI, work …