The verb ask is well known and we have already talked about it in the articles about the phrasal verbs Ask For , Ask Out , Ask Around and Ask After . Today it is time to talk about the expression ask away – do you have any idea what it means? You know when someone says they want to ask you a question and you want to … Read more
The phrase “to say/tell the truth” is an essential item in our linguistic arsenal: we use it to soften unpleasant truths (“to tell the truth, I don’t really like X”), admit our ignorance about certain subjects and… simply to reinforce the fact that we mean business. So, how do you say it in English? There … Read more
This computer is old, but it serves its purpose . How would you translate it? The phrase means that, although the computer is old, it meets the person’s needs, since it gets the job done and performs the functions it should. The expression serve one’s purpose can be translated as “fulfill one’s purpose” or “fulfill one’s purpose” . Note that the expression will always use … Read more
If you search for the meaning of have a bone to pick on Google Translate, the result is as expected: “ter um osso para Escolha”. As usual, Google Translate is a fan of literal translations. But what’s surprising is that now the translation even has the seal of “Verified by the Google Translate Community”. Well, I don’t … Read more
The first time I saw the verb to pick (good old Globo Language Course !), it was in the sense of “to pick up with the hand”. Maybe this was also the first meaning you learned, since it is the most common. However, to pick also means “to choose”, and, as a noun, pick is synonymous with choice , “choice”. Thus, we can say both good … Read more
If you read our recent article about the expression Put The Blame On , you know that the word blame means “blame” or “to blame”. However, it has a slightly different meaning in our expression today. Want to learn what it is? When a person says I don’t blame you to another person, they are indicating that they understand why the … Read more
