Tue 13 Jun, 2006 01:24 am - "[B] They set great store by him." What does this sentence mean?Especially does what "set great store" mean?Thank you. (view)
Tue 30 May, 2006 01:00 am - :? I read a sentence like this:'several times she pushed back the cop who tried to slap her with a 50-yuan penalty.' I'm wondering if it's proper to use 'cop'... (view)
Tue 30 May, 2006 12:55 am - :? What's the mesning of 'the cash advance' in the sentence"The cash advance rate is usually 3 percent"? thank you[/size]. (view)
Tue 30 May, 2006 12:50 am - :?: What does"speculate" mean in "Nobody knows for sure why soccer never caught on in the US .But that doesn't stop people from speculating"?Thank you very much. (view)
Tue 30 May, 2006 12:46 am - Bess grieved because she had no child ,not having sense enough to know she was better off without them .Here should it be 'not having' or 'having not'?I'm confused ,Thank you. (view)
Tue 30 May, 2006 12:39 am - :?: I've come across a sentence like this:You've too much catching up to do to waste a minute of a waking hour feeling sorry for yourself.What does it mean and can you analy the structure... (view)
Tue 23 May, 2006 01:10 am - :? In my junior school,my geography teacher told us that seasons are caused by Earth's circling around itself,but recently I saw from a book saying that seasons are caused by the earth's... (view)
Tue 23 May, 2006 12:52 am - THe other day,I was watching a film and one of the lyrics is like this:I love chick's movie.What does it mean saying"chick's movie"? (view)
