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The English Thread
Posted: 08 May 2011, 05:09
by Butterbescotch
I have changed the forum to English Thread from just "What does this phrase mean?" thread. I find more confusing things about English and so I made this one.
As far as I know, this thread would include all ENGLISH related discussion. Grammar and Punctuation and Style are included.
I hope we help one another. I hope you help me. :]
Re: The "What does this Phrase means" Thread
Posted: 08 May 2011, 13:20
by Fran
Butterbescotch wrote:I'm not a native English speaker nor have been widely imposed in the language. So I hope, I can address my queries to thread. I made a thread so not only me can ask and not only me can benefit.
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Here from I Have A Dream Speech
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations
- Does it also mean I am mindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations?
Your interpretation is correct.
Re: The "What does this Phrase means" Thread
Posted: 09 May 2011, 19:38
by CJ Schneider
Two negatives equal positive. You are correct in your assertion.
Posted: 10 May 2011, 03:42
by Nullifygirls
I have positive opinion about your post.
Posted: 10 May 2011, 06:31
by Butterbescotch
Thanks for all the help
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Question.
What do you mean by Recollected Herself? How does one recollect his/herself?
Posted: 10 May 2011, 09:13
by Fran
Butterbescotch wrote:What do you mean by Recollected Herself? How does one recollect his/herself?
Probably means she remembered or brought back to her mind - as in 'she recollected herself how excited she was waiting for Santa to come'
or it could mean she pulled herself together - as in 'I was about to cross the road without looking but I recollected myself & waited for the green light'
Hope this helps.
Posted: 10 May 2011, 18:29
by Butterbescotch
It does Fran thanks for the reply.
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Question.
What do you mean by
His heart miss a beat?
Posted: 10 May 2011, 20:09
by Teesie
It's like when something you're not expecting happens...the feeling you get like you can't breathe for a minute, and like, as some say, your heart "skips a beat".......Like being in shock, I guess.....
I don't know if that helps any, buy that's the only way I can think to explain it....
Posted: 10 May 2011, 21:36
by Butterbescotch
Thanks Tessie :]
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Question.
They'll never get old and gray
What is "old and gray"?
Posted: 11 May 2011, 00:29
by Teesie
It's refering to the time in a person's life when they get to a certain age and their hair starts to turn gray.... It's saying that "They" will never be "old" or "gray" haired.
It could be refering to someone who died young, saying that they will never live to an age that they would be "old and gray"
Or it could refer to someone that is young at heart who will never be old in an emotional sense.
Translation
Posted: 11 May 2011, 20:36
by Maud Fitch
Hullo, Butterbescotch. I know it's more fun to ask friends but if you ever get stuck and need quick advice on common phrases or expressions I recommend Phrases.net for instant help.
http://www.phrases.net/
Break down a sentence into manageable words. Things like "heart miss a beat" may come under the Lyrics section. There's abbreviations, definitions, quotations, etc, which saved my butt a few times.
www.avitoflv.net
Posted: 12 May 2011, 22:11
by Avitoflv
When u not understand what they mean
you will say that
Posted: 16 May 2011, 20:16
by Butterbescotch
Thanks Maud Fitch for the suggestion :]
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Question:
1. What do you mean by I couldn't agree more?
2. I peel her pajama top over her head. Pajama top means the upper garment right?
Posted: 17 May 2011, 05:37
by Fran
Butterbescotch wrote:Thanks Maud Fitch for the suggestion :]
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Question:
1. What do you mean by I couldn't agree more?
2. I peel her pajama top over her head. Pajama top means the upper garment right?
1. I agree with you completly 100% ... and you can't agree more that 100%
2. Pajamas consist of a top and pants usually worn at night to sleep in ... although there is a current trend for pajamas as daywear by some girls.
You are correct pajama top is the upper garment.
Pajamas are often referred to by children as their PJ's
Posted: 18 May 2011, 03:15
by Butterbescotch
@Fran
Thank you :]
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Question:
What do you mean by The fire was all but out.?
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Inside, the clerk is being taken down a peg by Anna Fitzgerald's mother.
and
Kate—who isn't a fan of snotty demands—decided the nurse needed to be taken down a peg.
I searched the meaning of peg: some sort of pin. But I don't get how the author used it in her sentences.
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Yet now that we're thirty-two, I'm a card-carrying member of the Rat Race; while Izzy is a lesbian who builds jewelry out of paper clips and bolts. Go figure.
What do the author mean by "Go figure"?