Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Cut"

A: 申し訳ありませんが
It means saying sorry is not enough to fix the problem

A: Hi!

"Cut from the same cloth", means that two things are similar or alike.

For example:

"He is as selfish as his brother. They're cut from the same cloth"

I hope that helps 😊

A: It's saying that Person 1 and Person 2 used to be friends, but Person 2 has made new friends, and no longer seems to have the time for Person 1 anymore.

A: In film making a cut is an abrupt film transition from one sequence to another.

"Cut to now" implies that the speaker was talking about certain events in the past and wants to abruptly transition to talking about events in the present.

A: to take a share of money

A: “cut across the street” “just cut across this piece of paper” For the first sentence it’s almost used like slang. Instead of saying “run across the street” “go across the street” people are saying “cut across” Both sentence are used in both writing and speaking. I’m English, usually words or sayings are both spoken and written.

A: No, you can do either or. You can say you're cutting back on how much you consume, or cutting down on the number of times you go out, or vice versa. They are interchangeable.

A: Cutting through the line is not praiseworthy.
This knife is so sharp it can cut through vegetables easily.

A: Cut and dry means something is completely decided (“final”) and/or is according to a plan. Other words for this is organized or planned, not needing much thought.

So one meaning is definite/final
Examples:
I need a cut-and-dry decision by the end of the day
The answers to such questions are not always cut-and-dried

Another meaning is boring
Examples:
That lecture was very cut-and-dried

A: A brother is poking his sister: Cut it out! I hate when you poke me!

The brother keeps poking his sister. Stop it! I told you to cut it out but you keep poking me!

(Some people say, “Knock it off!”)

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Because the children keep fighting, the mom says, “Cut it out! If you don’t stop it now, your father will deal with you!”

A: It is the action itself. "To cut" means to use a sharp thing to separate something into parts. You might use scissors, a razor, a piece of string, a piece of paper to cut. "To chop" means to come down with force and hit a thing with the sharp edge of a knife or axe, etc. ALSO "chop" is any similar action to chopping with an axe, etc.

You might chop with the edge of your hand…

A: cut in means Interfere or interrupt say we were talking and then this boy just talks over me I could say he cut in my conversation

A: Not much of a difference. Maybe, as a joke, someone hearing the first sentence might interpret “star” as a location like “cut this paper in an office”. I hope that helps!

A: "Cut back" means to decrease the amount of something, or to decrease a behavior. It is also used commonly to talk about diet/food.

"The company decided to cut back on monthly spending in the private sector."
"My mother is going to cut back on her intake of sugar and fat."

"Cut down" means to cause something to fall, usually a tree or a plant.

"We cut down the tree because it was disrupting the foundation of the house."

A: If you tell somebody to “cut it out” it means to stop doing it completely. Like if somebody is pulling your hair and you say “Cut it out!”
To “cut down on” means to do less of something, but not completely stop. Like, “I want to cut down on eating fast food”

A: they are both correct😂

but better off implies a small financial benefit

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A: Cut

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A: You really should clip your nails.

You should really trim your nails.

I normally use "clip" for men.

Women usually "get their nails done"

A: Yes, you can also just say "how many pieces?"

A: it's correct, 'he has'.

A: Separated or isolated. In this case it means not having any contact with the rest of the world. Think of the expression as a metaphor for links that have been physically severed.

A: "Being" is correct.

A: It’s being used as a double entendres! You “cut off” split ends from your hair, but colloquially, when you don’t want to interact with people/friends you don’t like any more you “cut off some friends”. It’s used in the same way as “the tv show/water supply was cut off”, as in removed or disconnected.

Hope that helps :)