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- compare to with - WordReference Forums
Compare to: to show likeness between two unlike things In the poem, she compares her loneliness to a ship lost at sea Compare with: to analyze two liken things In the poem, she compares her own lonely apartment with her sister's happier home
- Liken vs compare vs analogize - WordReference Forums
To me compare and liken can be used interchangeably in this specific case, however in many other contexts when X is being compared to Y, the whole point of doing the comparison is to identify differences, not similarities Additionally, I guess the verb analogize is rarely used in English (either in AE or BE,) so we can even forget about it PS
- shall I compare thee to a summers day - WordReference Forums
I know it won't be the same but I would like try Thanks a lot ! SHALL I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date
- worth ones skin - WordReference Forums
What does 'to be worth one's skin' mean? -> it seems to be a phrase that the author has invented (Compare: "It will cost you your life" <- common phrasal verb) It mean that you will be killed executed
- request to do something - WordReference Forums
I think it's acceptable but not ideal "He requested to be promoted to software tester" or "he requested a change to the position of software tester" are alternatives Compare: He requested to work from home He requested to be allowed to work from home The first is okay, but I think the second is more natural UK usage may be different
- Я не говорю на вашем языке | WordReference Forums
What is the meaning please in я не говорю Ha вашем языке? Can't find word in bold in dictionary Sorry for some answers which do not reply to my unobvious question Apologies
- Vowels - WordReference Forums
Hello everyone, how many (and which) vowel sounds are there in classical standard Arabic? Is there any phonological difference between short and long vowels? Thanks so much
- wrought, wreak, work | WordReference Forums
I found in two different dictionaries that the verb form "wrought" is the past participle of "wreak" and "work" Is this right actually? Or is it just an old past participle form of "work"?
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