- dispose of dispose off - WordReference Forums
"The company wants to dispose off the equipment " Is this sentence correct Iam confused whether it is dispose of or dispose off as I see a lot of sentences that use dispose off But when I searched I could just find that dispose of is the phrasal verb that should be used Please help
- get off or get off at | WordReference Forums
Hi everyone When talking about bus stops, do you get off AT a bus stop? The sentence I am having trouble with is "I got off the bus five stops before the one I usually get off (at?)" Thanks!
- off the back of something - WordReference Forums
What is the meaning of "off the back of something" Also, I searched for any old posts in here, and I was able to find this one Off the back of this Therefore, I am really confused whether "off the back of something" can be used as two types of idioms
- Im off next week vs Ill be off next week | WordReference Forums
Ditto, and to (2) you could add "I won't be in next week" In fact, you could take a week off trying to decide which one to use They are all in the same register, and for normal conversational purposes (no deep metaphysical debates, please folks!) they all mean the same thing Sometimes you can have too many choices in life
- duck-off - WordReference Forums
Hi seeeker, duck-off is a humorous use of the suffix -off See this definition from the WR dictionary: -off, suffix -off is used to form nouns that name or refer to a competition or contest, esp between finalists or to break a tie:cook + -off → cookoff (= a cooking contest);runoff (= a deciding final contest)
- ATT, ATTN, FAO . . . - abbreviations for attention in correspondence
You're close: Attn In a business letter, though, you're usually better off avoiding abbreviations, and some style guides recommend leaving 'attention' out entirely
- Letter: Closing - Kisses at the end of an informal letter
You're absolutely right, or course, that it's acceptable in a letter to someone you're intimate with; nevertheless, a learner of English should be aware that it's not a standard way of signing off Some languages routinely use the equivalent of "Kisses" to end a letter ("Bisous" in French, "Besos" in Spanish, etc ) but in English, we don't have a tradition of doing so Of course, in reality we
- Humminbird 788CI shuts off - Ohio Game Fishing
It shuts off when the lake is rough and I'm running, and it shuts off when if I go to re-start the engine If I forget to turn the bird off before re-starting the engine I get the blank white screen and have to remove the unit from the mount and put it back on to "reset" Very annoying but hey, at least it was expensive!
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