Jan 18, 2023 · Plain meaning: “ought to” When I say that “you better” do something, I mean that it is what you ought to do. There is a strong expectation that you will do it. The idiom is used in reference …

Aug 21, 2020 · What does the verb phrase make of it what you will mean? I know what make of something and what you will mean. I have difficulty understanding their combination. Examples: I …

Jul 27, 2022 · Is there a situation where one would be better than the other? Or are the two phrases used interchangeably?

A "stock phrase" is, as your link suggested, some phrase that has come to be commonly used or associated with some particular person or group of people. The term is also sometimes also used to …

In my experience, this is a fairly friendly phrase roughly equivalent to "That's too bad" or "I'm sorry to hear that." It doesn't have anything to do with either conversationalist feeling shame.

Jan 19, 2024 · I've recently encountered the phrase "Night Night," which piqued my curiosity. I understand it's used as a form of saying goodnight, but I'm interested in delving deeper into its …

Nov 20, 2019 · 4 What's the meaning of this phrase in this following sentence, 'This is a good book. Or is it?' As a learner of English, I've recently come across some phrases which can't be found in any of …

You're confusing two different things here. What do we do? is an interrogative sentence asking what course of action one should proceed with. The first do is one of those so-called auxiliary verbs in …

But I don't understand the meaning of "check it out". This is an idiomatic expression. "Check it out" and "check it" can have roughly the same meaning, but "check it" usually implies a quick, routine check, …

3 I'm in the military, and, especially when marching, someone in charge will use the term "as you were" to one that made a mistake, to order them to assume the state they were in before the mistake. …