2024年2月11日 · 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" …

2021年11月19日 · 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 …

2006年11月11日 · 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 …

2010年2月26日 · 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 …

2007年6月10日 · 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, …

2019年2月19日 · 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 …

2013年12月27日 · Someone uses "off" as a measurement unit, such as "2 off tablets". But I can't find this meaning in dictionary. Is it a non-standard usage, or just a very old one? Thanks~

2013年11月12日 · 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 …

2017年5月4日 · (4) I want to take today or tomorrow off. I think you use either the definite or the indefinite article in the first three sentences because it means "one day". Some of my non-native …

2006年8月25日 · Topic phrases: fuck you / fuck off Added by Cagey, moderator Sorry for this stupid question but what's the difference between these 2 expressions?