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phrases - Whats the meaning of across the pond? - English Language . . . Across the pond is used as an idiom Across the pond (idiom) - on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean from Britain the US From the same article, the paragraph here clarifies it further that in that time, the Beatles had already gained great popularity on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
vocabulary - Does the idiom «to cross the pond» exist? - English . . . A similar idiom exist in Australasia viz "across the ditch" referring to the Tasman Sea The Pacific Ocean is sometimes referred to as the "big pond" presumably by analogy with the North Atlantic Interesting that to emphasize a small linguistic or cultural difference the large physical separation viz an ocean is referred to by a small analogue
word request - Whats the name of the game of throwing stones to the . . . There's a game in which a flat stone is thrown to the surface of a pond, river, etc so that it starts bouncing across the water How do native English speakers call this game? Are there any rules of this game? For example, in Russia, when as a kid I used to play it, it was forbidden to bend the body to the surface of the water when throwing
idiomatic language - Perched atop of or perched atop? - English . . . @MichaelHarvey I was going to say the opposite As an American, I never hear this, but it sounds like the kind of thing that could pass across the pond If we both never hear it in our own lands, I'd say it's out-of-style everywhere –
All posts from SC274 in New Feedee - Curvage Gotta say, pretty great video! I especially loved when you tried to button up the buttons across your boobs and they wouldn't fit, that was my favorite part seeing when a lady has "Big Boob Problems"
Difference between ä , ɒ , and ɑ - English Language Learners . . . Across the pond, Received Pronunciation British and other dialects don't merge "father" and "bother" vowels like that, thus you get ɒ to accommodate (by the way, ɒ is the rounded version of ɑ ) Which transcription is "correct" would depend on the dialect of focus, in this case American English
Correct pronoun to refer to The London University Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
prepositions - What is the difference between moving across and . . . Contrast walking across the park and through the park, or across the river and through the river, or across the woods and through the woods As for why you can't walk through the island, island is simply not a three-dimensional word It refers to a bounded island surface surrounded by non-island surface, and there's no third dimension to refer to
Do we say he is swimming in on the river sea? riv‧er ˈrɪvə $ -ər S2 W2 noun [countable] 1 a natural and continuous flow of water in a long line across a country into the sea → stream the Mississippi River the River Thames on a river There were several boats on the river along a river We went for a walk along the river up down (a) river a ship sailing up river
articles - When can the be used before a name? - English Language . . . Offhand, I can think of a number of proper names that seem to include the definite article At least, they regularly appear with the article firmly attached: the Amazon, the Nile, the Bronx, the United States, the United Nations, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty -- the list does go on