Thanks a lot
but how much of these words we have in English ?
I mean with the same meaning but different Spelling in place of verb,noun and adjective
There are many of them. Sadly, a lot of them just require repetition to learn since there aren't definite rules to how they work. It's daunting, I know, but if you spend time with movies, TV shows, and books, it should start sounding natural after awhile. If you go the book route, you can look up any word you aren't familiar with and maybe write down the word and the part of speech it belongs to in a notebook or something for reference.
Quite a lot. In fact, the joke is that in English, any noun can be verbed. Some people abhor that, though, so try to use proper nouns/verbs/adjectives when you know them.
By the way, "abhor" is a strong word, so it is not used very often. People are more likely to use the word "hate" instead. Hate is normally a verb but is sometimes used as a noun, too ("His eyes were full of hate when he saw the potato."), though the correct noun for it is hatred.
From what I've been told, the best way to learn the language is to read books. Sometimes, even if you don't know the exact definition of a word, you can often discern (or recognize) what a general idea of the definition might be from the context of the word (or the sentence/paragraph around the word).
So, if you didn't know what "abhor" meant, but you saw or read about someone giving a potato to Alcoremortis, and she got angry or disgusted and said "Eww! I abhor potatoes!" You would be able to discern from the context that "abhor" indicates a negative opinion of some kind even if you're a bit fuzzy on the details.
So I would recommend reading a lot. It will help you.
[EDIT:] Oh, and when I recommended reading books, rather than just reading in general, it's because if you try to learn proper English from reading forum conversations, facebook posts or twitter feeds on the net, then you'd probably get a number of things wrong because there are a lot of people on the net who couldn't spell, punctuate or have proper grammar skills even if their lives depended on it. So long as your primary teaching tool isn't from people who are themselves ignorant, you should be okay.
More correct would be "What does ... mean" or "What is the meaning of ..."
The word 'mean' can be a verb (to mean), a noun (the mean) or an adjective (mean) which are used very differently and have largely varying meanings.
The word 'meaning' is the correct noun to the verb 'to mean' when referring to what a word means.
(Could any of you native speakers please be so kind and make this a bit more understandable? Because reading my post I just realised that I don't understand what I mean here ...)
Mean does have several different definitions, depending on the context.
The word "mean" can refer to the "definition" of something; it can also refer to someone who makes other people feel bad; and again it can refer to a middle number value (count to five: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The middle number is 3 and is therefore the mean number.) Someone might now argue with me about the difference between the word "mean" and the word "median," but in this case, you get the idea.
In the context of this conversation, the word "mean" refers to the "definition."
You could say "what does 'surged' mean?", "what is the meaning of the word 'surged?'", "what is the definition of the word 'surged?'", or "how do you define 'surged?'"
There's that noun-becomes-a-verb situation again. When you're looking at a word, it may containt a prefix and/or a suffix in addition to the root word. The root word of "definition" is the word "define." the -tion part of the word is called a suffix and changes how the root word is used.
Try "abhor." "Abhorrent" and "Abhorrence" both have the same root word "abhor," but use different suffixes (-ent and -ence) which change the way the root word is used. The meaning of the root word is the same, but the way it is used in a sentence is slightly different.
Thanks again, Now I'm using a dictionary that called WordPower, it's a cool dictionary. very useful
I've start to learn worlds that starts with the letters of A
then B,C,D and...
I should learn atleast 20000 new worlds
I'll back with more questions
thanks
Thanks again, Now I'm using a dictionary that called WordPower, it's a cool dictionary. very useful
I've start to learn worlds that starts with the letters of A
then B,C,D and...
I should learn atleast 20000 new worlds
I'll back with more questions
thanks
Some people think it's not polite to nitpick at someone's grammar and spelling, but in this case, since the whole point of this thread is that you're actually trying to learn (which is cool, by the way), please don't take offense if I fix your posts sometimes.
Thanks again, Now I'm using a dictionary that's called WordPower, it's a cool dictionary. Very useful. (this is not a complete sentence, but this is only a conversation on a forum, so it will suffice.)
I've started to learn worlds that start with the letters of A then B, C, D and...
I should learn at least 20000 new words.
I'll back with more questions.
Thanks.
Again, this was overly nitpicky. I was just wanting to point out that the root word "start" required the suffix "-ed" for the manner you used it in.
"Start" is present tense, meaning something that that happens now (I start to learn words).
"Started" is past tense, meaning that it has already happened. (I've started to learn words).
The "-ed" suffix makes it past tense.
Abort means more than just stop, though. It usually means you had plans, but something changed, and now you can't do them anymore. When a pilot aborts, it means something has happened so that the pilot cannot continue as planned. (Maybe one of the plane's engines failed, and the pilot now has to land as soon as possible.)
Abort usually means stop, but you can stop without aborting. If the pilot arrives as planned and stops the airplane, we don't say he aborted.
Thanks then abort is something that doesn't going as planned and should be stop
I have four more questions
1- What is the meaning of "call off" in bottom sentence ?
"They had to call off the airstrike"
2- What does "You're a trailblazer" mean ?
3- What is the meaning of this sentence ? ""Had" being the operative word "
4- And last question is that What does "Step on it" mean ?
1. "Call off" is used in a very similar way as "abort". It means we were going to do something but can't do it any more so have to cancel. In the airstrike context, it implies that a higher ranking person is doing the canceling.
2. A trailblazer is another word for a pioneer, an explorer. So when we say someone's a trailblazer, it's like saying that they're adventurous and trying something brand new.
3. This one's a bit tricky. It usually would be associated with another sentence. Then "'Had' being the operative word." would be an emphasis on the fact that something in the previous sentence only was a thing of the past and not necessarily true now.
4. "Step on it" refers to stepping on the gas pedal of a vehicle. So it basically means "drive faster" or in broader usage "do anything faster".
From what I've been told, the best way to learn the language is to read books. Sometimes, even if you don't know the exact definition of a word, you can often discern (or recognize) what a general idea of the definition might be from the context of the word (or the sentence/paragraph around the word).
The best way to learn vocabulary after you've gained a certain level of proficiency in the language is certainly to read books. It is not a good way to learn to speak a language though -- it is a separate skill.
From my personal experience as a second language teacher and learner, I would say that the best way to start learning a language is to listen to it a lot, even if you don't really understand. Getting used to the phonetic patterns of a language will make things a lot easier to understand as you go along. Sadly, there's really no substitute for experience, although you could probably gain a decent level of proficiency at reading/writing just from being on the internet a lot, actually speaking is a slightly different matter.
1. "Call off" is used in a very similar way as "abort". It means we were going to do something but can't do it any more so have to cancel. In the airstrike context, it implies that a higher ranking person is doing the canceling.
2. A trailblazer is another word for a pioneer, an explorer. So when we say someone's a trailblazer, it's like saying that they're adventurous and trying something brand new.
3. This one's a bit tricky. It usually would be associated with another sentence. Then "'Had' being the operative word." would be an emphasis on the fact that something in the previous sentence only was a thing of the past and not necessarily true now.
4. "Step on it" refers to stepping on the gas pedal of a vehicle. So it basically means "drive faster" or in broader usage "do anything faster".
The best way to learn vocabulary after you've gained a certain level of proficiency in the language is certainly to read books. It is not a good way to learn to speak a language though -- it is a separate skill.
One thing to keep in mind, N7, is that speaking and writing are different in how sentence structure is normally accepted.
Again, this is a public forum, so we often will write how we would speak--and also there are quite a lot of people here for whom English is their primary language, yet they have no idea how to use proper spelling and grammar.
My point is that learning proper sentence structure is important. It's much more important in writing than in speaking. When speaking, we may often use phrases and half-sentences instead of complete sentences. The reasons why I say this are because using proper sentence structure, grammar and spelling when writing will greatly help you to sound more competent, and will almost certainly help you to get a better job.
thanks, I'm back again with more questions, sorry if it's much
1- What does "Shroud" mean in following sentence ?
Getting to that Shroud is all that matters
(that's what Wrex told Shepard about the building that was genophage cause!)
2- What does "We made it back outside" mean ?
3- What is the meaning of "You're looking at hope"
4- What does "Given a chance" mean in following sentence ?
This was once a world full of beauty. Given a chance, it can be again
5- What is the difference between "tremor" and "quake" ?
6- When should we use "preoccupied" and what is the difference with "busy" ?
7- What does "Break off" mean in following sentence ?
Break off! We're getting out of here
8- What does "Shake" mean in following sentence ?
We'll try to shake this thing and find you!
1) "Getting to that shroud is all that matters". A shroud is an actual item, used to cover or protect something.
2) "We've made it back outside" means that the group has managed to safely exit the building (or wherever they were).
3) "You're looking at hope" - I don't know.
4) "The was once a world full of beauty. Given a chance, it can be again". The world used to be beautiful, but for whatever reason it no longer is. When a character says 'given a chance', he means that, if people were to try, then the world could be beautiful again.
5) The difference between "tremor" and "quake" is that a tremor is a fairly small event - usually not causing any damage - while a quake, which is sort for earthquake, is a massive event, causing a huge amount of destruction.
6) If someone is "Preoccupied", then it means that someone is busy with something. There's not a lot of difference between the two words.
7) "Break off!" in this case means 'stop what you're doing!'.
8) To "shake" someone to to try and stop them from following you.
1) "Getting to that shroud is all that matters". A shroud is an actual item, used to cover or protect something.
2) "We've made it back outside" means that the group has managed to safely exit the building (or wherever they were).
3) "You're looking at hope" - I don't know.
4) "The was once a world full of beauty. Given a chance, it can be again". The world used to be beautiful, but for whatever reason it no longer is. When a character says 'given a chance', he means that, if people were to try, then the world could be beautiful again.
5) The difference between "tremor" and "quake" is that a tremor is a fairly small event - usually not causing any damage - while a quake, which is sort for earthquake, is a massive event, causing a huge amount of destruction.
6) If someone is "Preoccupied", then it means that someone is busy with something. There's not a lot of difference between the two words.
7) "Break off!" in this case means 'stop what you're doing!'.
8) To "shake" someone to to try and stop them from following you.
Thanks, about "We've made it back outside" It was a simple sentence! I don't know why I asked this question
Something that occurs to me that is crucial in sounding not only like a native but also competent, is that you seriously need to know the difference between different words that are homonyms (words that sound the same but are spelled differently).
Specifically, I'm talking about the differences between: your and you're; their, there, and they're; two, to and too ...and other such homonyms.
Please, PLEASE understand and acknowledge the differences between these words. There are people, even people on these forums, who use "there" instead of "they're" or "their" and it just drives me crazy sometimes.
I don't see how someone could ever think they'd be taken seriously by anyone ever in the corporate world when they can't even use something as basic as "they're" or "their" properly in a sentence. An 8-year-old child should understand the difference, so if someone is a teenager or an adult, English is their primary language, and they can't use these words properly... then they have no excuse.
I'm not complaining at you, N7. Not at all. I'm just stressing how important it is to not sound illiterate.
Something that occurs to me that is crucial in sounding not only like a native but also competent, is that you seriously need to know the difference between different words that are homonyms (words that sound the same but are spelled differently).
Specifically, I'm talking about the differences between: your and you're; their, there, and they're; two, to and too ...and other such homonyms.
Those are homophones, actually. Homonyms are words that are both spelled and sound the same, but have different meanings. Words like "stalk" (of a plant) and "stalk" (follow a person).
Those are homophones, actually. Homonyms are words that are both spelled and sound the same, but have different meanings. Words like "stalk" (of a plant) and "stalk" (follow a person).
"The word HOMONYMS (“same” + “names”) is, strictly speaking, either a synonym for homophones or a name for words that are at once homophones and homographs —alike in both spelling and pronunciation—such as the two words spelled b-e-a-r and the three spelled s-o-u-n-d. As a practical matter, however, the terms homophone, homograph, and homonym are often distinguished from one another by the contexts in which they are found. Homophone and homograph —the first focused on sound and the second on spelling—appear primarily in technical or academic writing, where fine distinctions are important. The more familiar word HOMONYM, heard in classrooms from early grades on, has become an all-inclusive term that describes not only words that are both homophonic and homographic, but words that are either one or the other. In common parlance, then, words that sound alike, look alike, or both, can be called homonyms."
1-What does "we're exposed" mean ?
2- What is the meaning of we've beaten the odds before ?
3-What does mean this sentence ? " She has a temper "
4- And what's the difference between champion and hero ?
1) "We're exposed" is another way of saying "There's nothing protecting us" or "We've been discovered". I suspect it's probably the first one, given you're playing Mass Effect.
2) "We've beaten the odds before". This one requires some explaining. If you beat the odds, then you are succeeding at doing something that, statistically, you should fail at. For example, if there's only a 10% chance of me jumping off a building without injuring myself, and I do it, then I have beaten the odds, because it was far more likely that I would break my legs. In this instance, the team has accomplished something unlikely before, and they're using that as a reason to try and do so again.
3) "She has a temper". If someone 'has a temper', then they are quick to anger and are likely to yell and be violent.
4) Champion and Hero... it depends upon the context, really. A hero is usually someone who does good deeds, defeats evil and is considered a saviour, while a champion is just someone who's proven themselves victorious at something - say, combat. Some people use the word champion when they mean hero though, so bear that in mind.
1-What does "we're exposed" mean ?
2- What is the meaning of we've beaten the odds before ?
3-What does mean this sentence ? " She has a temper "
4- And what's the difference between champion and hero ?
1) In this case, "exposed" means to be without shelter or protection.
2) "Odds" in this case refers to are the chance that something will happen--such as the whether or not you will win when gambling. "We've beaten the odds before" means that we've succeeded before when it was very likely at the time that we would fail.
3) A "temper" refers to a person's ability to become angry quickly. Another thing some people might say when talking about someone who gets angry quickly is to say they have a "short fuse" which, of course, refers to a fuse for a bomb (in this case the person is the bomb and when they "blow up" they get angry.)
4) A champion can be a couple of things. First, a champion can be a person who is chosen to protect or represent someone else in combat. Second, a champion can be someone who participates in a competition and then becomes the winner.
A hero is someone whom other people look up to and admire. This person can also be a champion, as someone might look to them as a hero because of their success as a champion. Usually someone is a hero (or is "heroic") when they do something that is very good, noble or courageous; something that they have done which other people admire them for.
Being a hero is different from being famous. Fame is merely when someone is popular, and doesn't account for whether what they're popular for is admirable.
1) Stabilize. There's two uses for this, and they're both very similar.
- One use is medical. If someone is ill or in surgery, then their vital signs (heartbeat, brain readings, etc.) can be all over the place. To stabilize someone is to make sure those readings are normal, thus meaning the patient isn't likely to die and further medical treatment can take place.
- The other use is more basic. If you knock something and it's wobbling, then making sure that it's safe and not going to fall over is to stabilize it.
2) Bypass. If there's a blockage of some sort, then to bypass it is to find another way around it.
3) "Someone else might have gotten it wrong". I'm going to use an example with this one.
Let's say there's a question. 'How long until I get to ban a spambot?' The first person to answer that question says 3 days. The second person to answer says 1 day. When told that the first person said three days, the second person says that the first person 'might have gotten it wrong', meaning that the answer the first person gave isn't necessarily right, because it has yet to be proven.
"Commence" I suppose is a bit more formal sounding than "start" but other than that, they mean the same thing. There is a different definition for "start" which means to suddenly jump or twitch, usually from being surprised (or startled), but that definition is not the case here, I'm sure.
What is the meaning of this sentence ? "he's putting in a good word for us"
"putting in a good word" is to give a good recommendation.
Basically, he is going to talk to someone and say good things about us.
And what's the meaning of "Hell of a thing you just pulled off"
You left out the word "a" so I put it there.
To "pull off" can mean to accomplish or to succeed at doing something.
"Hell of a" means something is either very good or very bad. The "thing" referred to can be a good or a bad thing, as expressed by your tone of voice. You can also use other words instead of "thing," depending on what you're talking about. Keep in mind, some people squish the words together to spell "Helluva" but it sounds the same and means the same thing.
"Hell of a" means something is either very good or very bad. The "thing" referred to can be a good or a bad thing, as expressed by your tone of voice. You can also use other words instead of "thing," depending on what you're talking about. Keep in mind, some people squish the words together to spell "Helluva" but it sounds the same and means the same thing.
You can also say, "hella", since "hella" is a short term for "hell of a", if that helps.
Hi, What does "I used to" mean? for example someone says "Do you know her?"
and other one saying "I used to"
It means it is something you did in the past. Like your example would mean at one point you knew this person in the past but now you don't IE you knew a friend in school but after you lost touch so you used to know them but now don't.
Coolsome's not a spammer. He's just being difficult. And if he wants to keep his digital backside intact and out of trouble, he'll refrain from doing so in the future.
What does "He's just being difficult" mean in the above post?
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but how much of these words we have in English ?
I mean with the same meaning but different Spelling in place of verb,noun and adjective
There are many of them. Sadly, a lot of them just require repetition to learn since there aren't definite rules to how they work. It's daunting, I know, but if you spend time with movies, TV shows, and books, it should start sounding natural after awhile. If you go the book route, you can look up any word you aren't familiar with and maybe write down the word and the part of speech it belongs to in a notebook or something for reference.
By the way, "abhor" is a strong word, so it is not used very often. People are more likely to use the word "hate" instead. Hate is normally a verb but is sometimes used as a noun, too ("His eyes were full of hate when he saw the potato."), though the correct noun for it is hatred.
So, if you didn't know what "abhor" meant, but you saw or read about someone giving a potato to Alcoremortis, and she got angry or disgusted and said "Eww! I abhor potatoes!" You would be able to discern from the context that "abhor" indicates a negative opinion of some kind even if you're a bit fuzzy on the details.
So I would recommend reading a lot. It will help you.
[EDIT:] Oh, and when I recommended reading books, rather than just reading in general, it's because if you try to learn proper English from reading forum conversations, facebook posts or twitter feeds on the net, then you'd probably get a number of things wrong because there are a lot of people on the net who couldn't spell, punctuate or have proper grammar skills even if their lives depended on it. So long as your primary teaching tool isn't from people who are themselves ignorant, you should be okay.
Mean does have several different definitions, depending on the context.
The word "mean" can refer to the "definition" of something; it can also refer to someone who makes other people feel bad; and again it can refer to a middle number value (count to five: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The middle number is 3 and is therefore the mean number.) Someone might now argue with me about the difference between the word "mean" and the word "median," but in this case, you get the idea.
In the context of this conversation, the word "mean" refers to the "definition."
You could say "what does 'surged' mean?", "what is the meaning of the word 'surged?'", "what is the definition of the word 'surged?'", or "how do you define 'surged?'"
There's that noun-becomes-a-verb situation again. When you're looking at a word, it may containt a prefix and/or a suffix in addition to the root word. The root word of "definition" is the word "define." the -tion part of the word is called a suffix and changes how the root word is used.
Try "abhor." "Abhorrent" and "Abhorrence" both have the same root word "abhor," but use different suffixes (-ent and -ence) which change the way the root word is used. The meaning of the root word is the same, but the way it is used in a sentence is slightly different.
I've start to learn worlds that starts with the letters of A
then B,C,D and...
I should learn atleast 20000 new worlds
I'll back with more questions
thanks
Again, this was overly nitpicky. I was just wanting to point out that the root word "start" required the suffix "-ed" for the manner you used it in.
"Start" is present tense, meaning something that that happens now (I start to learn words).
"Started" is past tense, meaning that it has already happened. (I've started to learn words).
The "-ed" suffix makes it past tense.
http://www.helpingwithverbs.com/lessons/VerbTense.htm
I want to continue this thread after a long time
My first question is when should we use of "holdup" ?
for example I heard that Shepard told to Wrex "What's the holdup?" and he answered "Road's out"
If something is holding you up, it is preventing you from doing things, making you put what you were doing on 'hold'.
What does "we have to abort" mean ? a pilot said that
The English language is really sweet
Abort usually means stop, but you can stop without aborting. If the pilot arrives as planned and stops the airplane, we don't say he aborted.
I have four more questions
1- What is the meaning of "call off" in bottom sentence ?
"They had to call off the airstrike"
2- What does "You're a trailblazer" mean ?
3- What is the meaning of this sentence ? ""Had" being the operative word "
4- And last question is that What does "Step on it" mean ?
1. "Call off" is used in a very similar way as "abort". It means we were going to do something but can't do it any more so have to cancel. In the airstrike context, it implies that a higher ranking person is doing the canceling.
2. A trailblazer is another word for a pioneer, an explorer. So when we say someone's a trailblazer, it's like saying that they're adventurous and trying something brand new.
3. This one's a bit tricky. It usually would be associated with another sentence. Then "'Had' being the operative word." would be an emphasis on the fact that something in the previous sentence only was a thing of the past and not necessarily true now.
4. "Step on it" refers to stepping on the gas pedal of a vehicle. So it basically means "drive faster" or in broader usage "do anything faster".
The best way to learn vocabulary after you've gained a certain level of proficiency in the language is certainly to read books. It is not a good way to learn to speak a language though -- it is a separate skill.
From my personal experience as a second language teacher and learner, I would say that the best way to start learning a language is to listen to it a lot, even if you don't really understand. Getting used to the phonetic patterns of a language will make things a lot easier to understand as you go along. Sadly, there's really no substitute for experience, although you could probably gain a decent level of proficiency at reading/writing just from being on the internet a lot, actually speaking is a slightly different matter.
Thanks, Clear and useful
One thing to keep in mind, N7, is that speaking and writing are different in how sentence structure is normally accepted.
Again, this is a public forum, so we often will write how we would speak--and also there are quite a lot of people here for whom English is their primary language, yet they have no idea how to use proper spelling and grammar.
My point is that learning proper sentence structure is important. It's much more important in writing than in speaking. When speaking, we may often use phrases and half-sentences instead of complete sentences. The reasons why I say this are because using proper sentence structure, grammar and spelling when writing will greatly help you to sound more competent, and will almost certainly help you to get a better job.
1- What does "Shroud" mean in following sentence ?
Getting to that Shroud is all that matters
(that's what Wrex told Shepard about the building that was genophage cause!)
2- What does "We made it back outside" mean ?
3- What is the meaning of "You're looking at hope"
4- What does "Given a chance" mean in following sentence ?
This was once a world full of beauty. Given a chance, it can be again
5- What is the difference between "tremor" and "quake" ?
6- When should we use "preoccupied" and what is the difference with "busy" ?
7- What does "Break off" mean in following sentence ?
Break off! We're getting out of here
8- What does "Shake" mean in following sentence ?
We'll try to shake this thing and find you!
Sorry if it's a bit much
2) "We've made it back outside" means that the group has managed to safely exit the building (or wherever they were).
3) "You're looking at hope" - I don't know.
4) "The was once a world full of beauty. Given a chance, it can be again". The world used to be beautiful, but for whatever reason it no longer is. When a character says 'given a chance', he means that, if people were to try, then the world could be beautiful again.
5) The difference between "tremor" and "quake" is that a tremor is a fairly small event - usually not causing any damage - while a quake, which is sort for earthquake, is a massive event, causing a huge amount of destruction.
6) If someone is "Preoccupied", then it means that someone is busy with something. There's not a lot of difference between the two words.
7) "Break off!" in this case means 'stop what you're doing!'.
8) To "shake" someone to to try and stop them from following you.
Thanks, about "We've made it back outside" It was a simple sentence! I don't know why I asked this question
Specifically, I'm talking about the differences between: your and you're; their, there, and they're; two, to and too ...and other such homonyms.
Please, PLEASE understand and acknowledge the differences between these words. There are people, even people on these forums, who use "there" instead of "they're" or "their" and it just drives me crazy sometimes.
I don't see how someone could ever think they'd be taken seriously by anyone ever in the corporate world when they can't even use something as basic as "they're" or "their" properly in a sentence. An 8-year-old child should understand the difference, so if someone is a teenager or an adult, English is their primary language, and they can't use these words properly... then they have no excuse.
I'm not complaining at you, N7. Not at all. I'm just stressing how important it is to not sound illiterate.
Of course your overall point remains valid.
It seems that I'm both wrong and right.
1-What does "we're exposed" mean ?
2- What is the meaning of we've beaten the odds before ?
3-What does mean this sentence ? " She has a temper "
4- And what's the difference between champion and hero ?
2) "We've beaten the odds before". This one requires some explaining. If you beat the odds, then you are succeeding at doing something that, statistically, you should fail at. For example, if there's only a 10% chance of me jumping off a building without injuring myself, and I do it, then I have beaten the odds, because it was far more likely that I would break my legs. In this instance, the team has accomplished something unlikely before, and they're using that as a reason to try and do so again.
3) "She has a temper". If someone 'has a temper', then they are quick to anger and are likely to yell and be violent.
4) Champion and Hero... it depends upon the context, really. A hero is usually someone who does good deeds, defeats evil and is considered a saviour, while a champion is just someone who's proven themselves victorious at something - say, combat. Some people use the word champion when they mean hero though, so bear that in mind.
1) In this case, "exposed" means to be without shelter or protection.
2) "Odds" in this case refers to are the chance that something will happen--such as the whether or not you will win when gambling. "We've beaten the odds before" means that we've succeeded before when it was very likely at the time that we would fail.
3) A "temper" refers to a person's ability to become angry quickly. Another thing some people might say when talking about someone who gets angry quickly is to say they have a "short fuse" which, of course, refers to a fuse for a bomb (in this case the person is the bomb and when they "blow up" they get angry.)
4) A champion can be a couple of things. First, a champion can be a person who is chosen to protect or represent someone else in combat. Second, a champion can be someone who participates in a competition and then becomes the winner.
A hero is someone whom other people look up to and admire. This person can also be a champion, as someone might look to them as a hero because of their success as a champion. Usually someone is a hero (or is "heroic") when they do something that is very good, noble or courageous; something that they have done which other people admire them for.
Being a hero is different from being famous. Fame is merely when someone is popular, and doesn't account for whether what they're popular for is admirable.
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Yes, Shepard never hide:D
First of all where should we use "stabilize" ?
What does "bypass" mean ?
And what is the meaning of following sentence?
"someone else might have gotten it wrong"
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- One use is medical. If someone is ill or in surgery, then their vital signs (heartbeat, brain readings, etc.) can be all over the place. To stabilize someone is to make sure those readings are normal, thus meaning the patient isn't likely to die and further medical treatment can take place.
- The other use is more basic. If you knock something and it's wobbling, then making sure that it's safe and not going to fall over is to stabilize it.
2) Bypass. If there's a blockage of some sort, then to bypass it is to find another way around it.
3) "Someone else might have gotten it wrong". I'm going to use an example with this one.
Let's say there's a question. 'How long until I get to ban a spambot?' The first person to answer that question says 3 days. The second person to answer says 1 day. When told that the first person said three days, the second person says that the first person 'might have gotten it wrong', meaning that the answer the first person gave isn't necessarily right, because it has yet to be proven.
What's the difference between Commence and Start ?
What is the meaning of this sentence ? "he's putting in a good word for us"
And what's the meaning of "Hell of thing you just pulled off"
That's what Hackett told Shepard about curing the genophage
"Commence" I suppose is a bit more formal sounding than "start" but other than that, they mean the same thing. There is a different definition for "start" which means to suddenly jump or twitch, usually from being surprised (or startled), but that definition is not the case here, I'm sure.
"putting in a good word" is to give a good recommendation.
Basically, he is going to talk to someone and say good things about us.
You left out the word "a" so I put it there.
To "pull off" can mean to accomplish or to succeed at doing something.
"Hell of a" means something is either very good or very bad. The "thing" referred to can be a good or a bad thing, as expressed by your tone of voice. You can also use other words instead of "thing," depending on what you're talking about. Keep in mind, some people squish the words together to spell "Helluva" but it sounds the same and means the same thing.
You can also say, "hella", since "hella" is a short term for "hell of a", if that helps.
That's a Bay Area thing, though.
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"Hella" as it's actually used (mainly in northern CA and sometimes in NY) is in no way short for 'hell of a'. It means 'very'.
and other one saying "I used to"
It means it is something you did in the past. Like your example would mean at one point you knew this person in the past but now you don't IE you knew a friend in school but after you lost touch so you used to know them but now don't.
What does "He's just being difficult" mean in the above post?