Usage of "Rain check" - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
"I have to take a rain check" is not the same as saying "I have to get back to you." For example, this would be wrong: Where is that report I asked for? I have to take a rain check. — Incorrect. To "take a rain check" is to turn down an offer that you expect (or ask, or demand) to be made available again at a later date. For example:
word meaning - Is it still 'Honeymoon' if a couple does not go ...
Not aware of any synonyms. It also refers to an early period of a romantic relationship before reality (family, kids, money problems, etc) change the relationship forever (One might say "The honeymoon is over."). Check on etymology online honeymoon and also Wikipedia honeymoon. –
How to analyze this sentence’s logic: “If it rains, I'll take an ...
q = I'll take an umbrella. Statement is true or false accordingly: True: It rains and I take my umbrella. False: It rains and I don't take my umbrella. True: It doesn't rain and I take my umbrella. True: It doesn't rain and I don't take my umbrella. Note the abbreviated rule: True: It doesn't rain. (It doesn't matter if I take my umbrella.)
What are the differences between "check it" and "check it out"?
2015年10月28日 · 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, rather than a thorough examination. "Check it out" usually implies that you are going to perform some level of thorough examination.
grammar - Is "If it is rain tomorrow" incorrect? - English Language ...
2015年3月30日 · The reason this sentence is confusing is the ambiguous "it is". Depending on what the listener believes you are referring to, the sentence may take on different meanings. "The forecast for today is 'rain' again." "If it (the forecast) is 'rain' tomorrow, we won't go to the park." In this case, "rain" is a quote about the weather.
Which article we can use with word 'Rain'
2019年8月1日 · Again like many uncountable nouns, it can be used countably (and so take a) when the reference is to different kinds of rain: eg "a persistent rain", "a gentle rain". Unusually, rain can also be plural, but generally only in the sense of "the seasonal rainfall" of somewhere that distinguishes a dry and a rainy season. eg. "That year the rains ...
phrase meaning - Take this opportunity vs take up this …
The rain stopped, so I took the opportunity to go out; my train was late so I took the opportunity to drink a cup of coffee. I took the opportunity to speak to John while I was in London. To take up an opportunity, offer, chance, etc is to accept an offer, or take advantage of an opportunity, that someone has made available. Schools are taking ...
"Tick" vs. "check" the box - English Language Learners Stack …
2015年9月11日 · ticking the box -> there is a box, and click it to mark the same with a check mark (if you want to select it). (common in online forms/surveys etc.) Moreover, "checking the box" is more flexible, since those who live in the era where forms are answered in hard copies can automatically interpret it as to selecting the option available.
prepositions - "under the sunlight" VS "in the sunlight" VS "under ...
Nouns that are proper names do not take determiners. Nouns that are mass nouns do not take determiners. Nouns that are countable nouns, are in the singular, and are not being used as proper names do require determiners. There is a more complex rule for plural countable nouns that is not relevant to your question. "Sunlight" is an odd noun.
Take tea or drink tea? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
take: we only can use when we talk about medicine E.g. I took medicine at 8 AM in the morning. While have, drink: I have/drink tea or water twice after taking medicine. Anyhow have and take also use when we ask someone to sit down E.g. have or take a seat etc.