Im learning English… and more i`ve learnt, more questions i have. I m gonna write here my questions and if somebody would answer then i`ll be happy. Ok i`ll start with 1. Where can i use TO BE BETTER OFF? For example i heared it in a song, the line was MINUS YOU – IM BETTER OFF. Does it mean something like im gonna feel better if you`d go? its gonna bу better for me? 2. From time to time i hear that english speakers say for example YOU`RE ALL THAT I GOT. So im confused with this grammar form. This phrase i suppouse means that NOW EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE IS YOU. So it talks about PRESENT so correct phrase suppoused to be YOU`RE ALL THAT I`VE GOT. But nobody say that I`VE GOT. Is it some kind of making it easier? Just dropping this `VE? 3. HOW DO WE DO THIS? Means how are we gonna do this. Or a song line HOW DO I SAY GOOD BYE TO ALL WE HAD. Means how im gonna do this or how can i do this. Somebody explain me this grammatically. Why we use PRESENT SIMPLE here? Is it this scheduled event`s thing? (the rule that we use present simple when we re talking about feauture scheduled events)? 4.NO GOOD. I know its the same as not good but when exactly can i use this NO GOOD. Can i use it everywhere when i want to say that something isn`t good or there are some cases where i cant use it? 5. AIN`T. Same question where exactly do you use this? Example… I ain`t got no money..in this case i could just say I HAVE NO MONEY. Why ain`t got no money? To emphasize that i have no money AT ALL???Another example I AINT GONNA DO THIS in this case i could say IM NOT GONNA DO THIS. So in this 2 examples meaning of AIN`T is different. 6. WAY BACK WHEN. Example : I remember way back way back when, i said i didnt wanna see your face again (DUFFY STEPPING STONE) I wouldnt make no changes now and way back when (MUTYA BUENA REAL GIRL) What is this form for? 7. TO MAKE SOMETHING AT ONCE does it mean RIGHT AWAY? 8. TO HAVE SOMEONE SOMETHING (EXAMPLE : You had me going. or I`ll have you known) Where can i use this form? 9. BEFORE LONG (examplet: Interrnet gives us so much information that children dont have to to school before long) Is it the same as ANYMORE? 10. SCUM. What does this word mean as a rude word? 11. I was told about the difference between words to kill, to murder and to assimilate (in my language we have only one word for all this cases) So is there any difference between cases of using words to fire, to dismiss and to sack? (the translation says that they mean the same and they are all actually translated as one word in russian) 12.TIMING person. What does it mean if somebody says that you are a timing person? 13.TO GET DOWN. Really frequently used phrase in american songs. The girl is gonna get down… What does it mean. To party heavily, to dance wildly? 14. Is there any difference between gaze and stare? In translation they are the same but in using they are different.
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