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7 nov. 2012 · UK English. Nov 7, 2012. #4. We say "at dawn on Friday" or "on the dawn of Friday". If the birthday is on Friday (what does before my birthday mean?), I would say At dawn on Friday, the day of my birthday etc. By dawn, suggested by Egmont, also works, but I would again prefer By dawn on Friday. E.
24 mars 2012 · English (Midlands UK) Mar 24, 2012. #3. I think this might be better written with a hyphen: gone a-souling. It means "gone out to celebrate All Souls' Night by begging from door to door". Compare gone a-wassailing or gone a-carolling. Accepted British usage since 1779 (OED). L.
21 avr. 2011 · Bonjour tout le monde, Actuellement je suis en train de rédiger ma lettre de motivation et ai besoin d'une tournure comme "D'un côté... D'un autre côté..." pour exprimer une certaine "bipolarité" / diversité des services proposés. Question : est-ce que l'utilisation de telle tournure dans la...
25 juil. 2008 · Jul 25, 2008. #3. Biblio-bear's "bear" one was the one I thought of, too. Urban Dictory has a collection (see the blue links here). I rather like the idea of "do one-legged ducks swim in circles?" This whole area is surely one where there's scope for a good deal of creativity.
25 sept. 2009 · Afternoon means strictly after 12pm (midday), ending in the evening when it starts getting dark. In conclusion, it is technically still correct to say good morning after 12pm, as long as the sun has not yet reached its zennith. Whether or not it is acceptable on the receiving end is another matter.
19 juin 2013 · My recollection of the common usages are: Set off is used when it is a cause to happen, a cause to explode or a cause of a sudden reaction. Eg. If the soldiers' bonuses are not paid, it will set off a march on the nation's capital. Set out refers to the beginning of an undertaking, to a display or the start of a journey. Eg.,
3 nov. 2017 · 1. Halloween is a holiday where/when kids dress in costumes and get candy from neighbors. 2. It's the pre-Thankgsgiving season, when/where lots of stores sell pumpkin-flavored treats. 3. True love is when/where you hold nothing back. 4. We use both these words, when/where they introduce a descriptive clause.
23 févr. 2005 · Nico5992 said: The exact saying is: "Elle vit apparaître le matin. Elle se tut discrètement". which is admittedly translated as: "She saw the morning light begin to pierce the night. She discretly grew silent." Just trying to make it shorter: "She saw morning emerge."
22 oct. 2014 · Oct 22, 2014. #3. Welcome to the forum. We usually say "The sun is up." to indicate that the sun has risen. It is past dawn. "The sun is out." means that the sun is shining. We can use this on cloudy days, for example, to indicate that the sun has finally come out from behind the clouds.
25 oct. 2009 · Oct 25, 2009. #8. "At night" is a general phrase, referring to recurring conditions: At night we put the cat out. At night you can see the glow from the lights of Phoenix. Other similar usages: [During the day. . .; in the afternoon (morning, evening) . . .; at sundown, dawn, dusk . . .) "On Saturday night" may refer to a specific point in time ...
