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English Sentences

Some sentences autumn break

We'll take a look some
That is where English comes in
English is no exception
Have come up with (to propose)
Rushed
Discover
How can I ever repay you
Don’t beat around the bush
explaining
easier said than done
don't judge a book by its cover

It is fair to say ~~
Keep up to
But out of all the available methods
Density noun
Destined adj
Be slowed down
Over here
lies ahead
Would I be talking about something
Hopefully soon
take a close look (let's look closely)
small talk  (casual chat)
Between people and involoved
There are many popular topics of conversation when it comes using small-talk
Isn't it a lovely weather
We are having these day
Forecast
Reasons being

throw the book at sb: to punish (someone) severely; to give ... the harshest punishment

If no one has anything else to add, let’s wrap up the meeting

The definite article followed by an adjective denotes a class of people or things, or an abstract concept; as a subject it takes a plural verb

The difference between who and whom is the same as the difference between he and him:
who can be understood as the nominative case and acts as the subject; whom can be understood as the objective case and acts as the object.
To whomcan we turn in case of an emergence?
Note: after a preposition you must use whom:
who can be used in place of whom:
Whocame to the party last night?
(Who came to the party last night?)
Who/Whomare you going to invite to your party?
You have great taste in furniture
I really like what you have done with this house
Stylish == fashionable


While perhaps not as popular as CSS selectors, XPath expressions offer more power because besides navigating the structure, it can also look at the content.

While perhaps not as popular as CSS selectors, XPath expressions offer more power because besides navigating the structure, it can also look at the content.

The best way to learn is with examples, and Scrapy is no exception.

had better
1. Means "should; had best";
You had better study hard for your entrance exam.
You had better see the doctor about your cough.
2. It is followed by the infinitive without to: had better do sth;
you had better be careful.
It’s five o’clock. I’d better go now before the traffic gets too bad.
3. It is used like a modal verb; had does not change for person or number.
She’d better get here soon or she’ll miss the opening ceremony.
4. It is often used to make a fairly strong suggestion, usually stressing that there will be bad consequences if you don't do it.
It can also express an urgent wish, a warning, etc.
We'd better take something to eat or we will be hungry later.
You had better lock the door before you leave.
You had better unplug the toaster before you try to clean it.

Passive voice

The active voice means the subject of the sentence is the doer or performer of the action. The passive voice means the subject of the sentence is the receiver of the action. If you need to show who performs the action, use by; the predicate takes the form "the appropriate tense of be + past participle".
Don't worry if that is hard to follow; an example will make it clear.
[Example] The passive voice in the past tense
Active: The teacher gave me the book.
Passive: I was given the book by the teacher.
From this example we can see that the teacher gave me a book: the teacher is the doer of the action and I am the receiver. So in the active voice, the subject, verb and object appear in that order.
In the passive voice, however, the object is moved to the front of the sentence, so the object now takes on the action and the predicate has to change accordingly: gave becomes was given. (Memory aid: in the passive voice, simple present is/are + done, simple past was/were + done, simple future shall/will be + done.)
[Example] The passive voice in the present perfect tense
Active: We have finished our work.
Passive: Our work has been finished.
(Memory aid: in the passive voice, present perfect has/have been + done, past perfect had been + done, future perfect shall/will have been + done.)
At this point, you may have noticed that have been done appears again. It has exactly the same pattern as have been married in today's key sentence, They have been married for more than 10 years. So is the key sentence passive?
The answer is no. This is a point that deserves special attention once you have learned the passive voice.
● "be + past participle" is not necessarily the passive voice
[Examples]
The glass plate is broken. The glass plate is broken. (predicative)
The glass plate was broken by him. The glass plate was broken by him (at that time). (passive voice)
[Examples]
The book is written well. The book is well written. (predicative)
The book has been written by our teacher. The book has been written by our teacher. (passive voice)
Let's analyse today's key sentence.
They have been married for more than 10 years.
Put briefly, "they are married":
They are married.
"They have (already) been married":
They have been married.
So today's key sentence uses a predicative structure; it is not the passive voice.

words

examine
scar scary scarf (scare v)
apparnently, the two things that people are most afraid of
when it comes to making a speech
used to do and be used to doing have different meanings: be used to doing means being accustomed to doing something; used to means "habitually did something in the past", emphasising what happened in the past, so it is generally used to describe past events.
Get used to: to start getting used to (the process of going from not being used to something to being used to it)

Usage: Get used to V-ing/sth

Here to also acts as a preposition, so it must be followed by a gerund or a noun

The food here is not so tasty but you will get used to that.

The food here isn't great, but you'll gradually get used to it.

The main difference between be used to doing and get used to doing is the point in time: be used to doing is generally used after the habit has formed, i.e. you are "already" used to it, whereas get used to doing is before that, i.e. you are "not yet" used to it and need time to adjust. The example below should illustrate the difference between the two phrases well.

Tom wasn’t used to noise. It took him some time to get used to it.
I am well on the way to improving vocal technique
get accustomed
use you body as a way of making the speech more vivid and clear
gestures

fantastic
fascinating

usage

quite : The preformance is quite well
quiet : They lead a quiet life
 generous
 gorgeous
 prosperous
 prestigious
corn
scorn
concorn
 delicate
 dedicate
 deduce

virtue virus

stimulate: to stimulate; imitate: to copy

There is no viable alterntive

where have you been
where did you just go

it has been tow months since I arrived the Budapest
so-called
we examine the sacry process
crowd
of them all: refers to one or some of them
all of them: refers to all of them
off to: about to go to

how come: why; how could this happen

how come is an expression commonly used by Americans, meaning "how could it be" or "why is it so". Native speakers don't use how come to ask how someone got somewhere; for that we can say: how do you get here.

how come means basically the same as why, but there are a few differences.

① how come is generally used when something has happened. If someone says how come to you, it means they don't understand how it happened and really want your explanation. Compared with why, how come can express curiosity and shock, so its tone is stronger.

② Also, how come is more colloquial and is mostly used in everyday conversation, whereas why can be used in both writing and speech, so its range of use is wider.

③ There is one more very important difference that you must remember: why is followed by question word order, but how come is followed by statement word order. Don't get this wrong.

while others will hardly ever laugh at all
Have you ever been caught