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Hello Teachers, I am not a teacher! I am looking for a word to describe an insincere invitation. To give you some context, a person A made a call to another person B asking him to come to attend her wedding, but the person A is doing it so as not to come across as rude to the person B. Am I...

Hello, I'd really appreciate if it if someone could help me understand why "unlikely" is an adjective, not an adverb in the following phrase: a) I find this very unlikely. Thanks for your support

Hi, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me paraphrase the following sentence: A) I am feeling a bit down, but at the same time I know it's for the good. Thanks for your help and support.

Hello, I would like to know the difference b/w the following sentences: A) The oven is out. B) The oven is off Thanks for your time and consideration.

Hello, I would really appreciate if someone could tell me the difference b/w "retention" and "retainment." Thank for your time and consideration.

Hello, I can not understand the meaning of "run in " in the following sentence: Let's run in the new model on a short flight. source: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/run+in Thank you for your time and consideration.

Hello, I would really appreciate someone helping me out with the meaning of "be all upon someone". Does it mean be all over someone? Context: You got me thinking about when you were mine And now I'm all up on you, what you expect? But you're not coming home with me tonight Thanks for your...

Hello, I was hoping if someone could explain the meaning of "We don't want to be too sure." A: We have not seen any police tonight and don't want to be too sure about that, so let's get out of here quickly. Thank you for your consideration and help.

Hello, I would greatly appreciate if someone could explain the difference between the following sentences: A) If I asked her, she would help me. B) If I had asked her, she would help me. C) If I had asked her, she would have helped me. As for me, I think that the first shows that the...

Hello, I have been trying to understand the need for preposition "for" in "make for" by inserting and removing "for" in some sentences. At times, I get confused about the need for "for" as in the following: A) The mountain of press releases on teleworking and how it makes for happier moms...

Hello, I would like to ask you about the usage of "break out" in the following sentence that I heard Seth Meyers saying: I normally don't break out the word "racy" unless I am absolutely sure something is racy. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Hello, I would really appreciate it if somebody could clear up the meaning of "crazy time" for me. Judging from the context in which it was spoken, it meant "hard or difficult time". I wanted to confirm it from a teacher. If you were to define such crazy time, which word would you choose...

Hello, I would really appreciate it if someone could explain the difference between "spread" and "spread out". Thank you for your consideration.

Hello, I am trying to figure out the meaning of "your way" in the following context: A) Borrow your way out of trouble. B) You can pedal your way through forest. C) Find your way through this life...

Hello, Could you please check this for grammar? I don't know whether it is appropriate or not, but I just wanted to express how grateful I am to the group of teachers who have been answering my questions. Thank you for your support and help. I am extremely grateful to Rover_KE, Tdol, Goes...