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

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Lolly girl means young, underage female with a childlike appearance.


It is a shortened term for the Japanese word “lolita” which means an underage girl who has not yet reached the age of sexual consent. Origin of Loli. The term originated in anime.

A: It sounds like Jane is a place if the girl (Sarah) is from there. Depending on the context, Jane could be a person but then the grammar does not quite fit.

A: someone may say that to you when you're willing to sacrifice many things that you may love to pursue or satisfy the girl you love.

A: Bahaha. Your friend completely left out a word from the text, and didn't read over his text before sending it.
"One of their mutual friends said something that hurt his girlfriend's feelings, and he basically told her to get over it."

「二人の共通の友達が彼女の気に障ることを言っていて、彼は要は引きずるなと彼女に言ったんだ。」

A: For whatever reason, that girl had to repeat a grade (didn't move on to the next grade).
It's usually because they didn't pass the grade because of bad grades.

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A: I tried my best to woo the pretty girl.

The man tried to woo the woman with his manners.

Your attempts to woo me are not working.

A: Make believe is another way to say pretend. It means that something isn't really there; imaginary.

"My imaginary friend keeps me company when I'm alone."

It's often used when talking to young children about their imagination.

"Today, let's make believe being knights in shining armor!"

A: "You did that? You go, girl!"
"You answered that hard math question? You go, girl!"
It's basically just cheering someone on and showing that you feel proud of them (usually a girl).

A: Either say: Why is a super popular girl like Gyuri with him? OR

Why would a super popular girl like Gyuri be with him ?

A: The difference is verb tense.

I was a good girl in 2020 = Past Simple tense: the action is finished.

I HAVE BEEN a good girl in 2020 = Present Continuous tense: the action is ongoing, continuing. I have been good, and I am STILL a good girl.

A: The second sentence is correct because "in her class" refers to "the tallest girl" and must be next to it.

A: You're very welcome. I'm glad I could help :)

By the way, a "chat" and a "conversation" are usually the same thing.

Two people can have a chat (noun). Or two people can chat (verb) (with each other). Or one person can chat (verb) to another person.
Two people can have a conversation (= a chat) (noun). Or two people can converse (verb, rare) (with each other). But one person cannot converse to another person.
The verb "converse" is seldom used. Usually we use "talk" or "chat" for the verb.

A: "The girl has skirts." is a very general sentence. It can mean any type of skirt.
"The girl has the skirts." is referencing specific skirts, usually when both speakers (or whoever is is involved in the conversation) are aware about which skirts are mentioned.

Here are some example sentences :
1) Most girls have skirts.
2) Jessica has many skirts.
3) She has the skirts needed for the performance.
4) Amanda has the green skirt that I want.
5) Lucy has the limited edition Louis Vuitton skirt.

A: The girl doesn’t need to be holding the brush. She can just be showing her red palm.

A: Yes. It is very common, but it's only used in spoken/casual English.
(Which is probably why it doesn't appear in textbooks in Japan, haha.)

A: Loooove, love love looove my milk tea 🧋💕
It’s Saturday, so I'm gonna put 3 scoops of tea leaves 🍃🍃🍃

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I think you’re talking about 撒娇 and there is no direct translation in English because westerners don’t really do this unless they want to persuade someone to do something, so in the case you could probably use the word “acting cute” or “begging” or “giving puppy eyes”

E.g
“She was giving me puppy eyes and I gave in”
“I couldn’t say no to those puppy eyes”

“She practically begged me to do it”
“She was acting all cute and innocent”

A: × A girl who I don't know calls me ○○, I don't feel good.
✓ If a girl who I don't know calls me ○○, I don't feel good.

A: "I have confidence to go up to her"

"a pair" is slang and it's not used like that. You could say "grow a pair". But I've never heard anyone say "I have a pair to (do something)"

A: Past continuous would be required here if there were two different subjects doing two different actions, or there was a punctual action that happened in the middle of it:

you all were just sitting here and bullying this girl while she cried
you all were just sitting here and bullying this girl until the teacher came in

However, since there aren't overlapping actions, both the simple past and continuous past are OK here.

A: @musaas

The same thing it always means – paying somebody to perform a task.

A: North Star is a metaphor for something that gives her life purpose or direction. In the past sailors would rely on the North Star to gain a sense of direction. no matter how lost you are, you can always use the North Star to know where you are going