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

A: "even if they tried torturing me with thumbscrews to get me to talk". "thumbscrews" are a medieval torture device.

A: She can't stop thinking about him.

A: @marinaostuni99 It’s a brutal way to describe someone being killed. His head was cut open by some kind of blunt weapon. I’d say it’s a pretty informal and gorey way to phrase it, and wouldn’t be used in an official report of someone’s death.

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He is making a joke.

From CollinsDictionary:

have the decency - PHRASE
If you say that someone **did not have the decency to do something**, you are criticizing them because there was a particular action which they did not do but which you believe they ought to have done.

He is joking by saying that a real virus would make a person actually sick. This illness made him miserable but “did not have the decency to” make him actually sick.

A: "I imagined something which was not real."

"Everything I thought was true was just a dream."

"I made up the story in my mind."

A: This is just a heads up, the VP of marketing will be visiting the office tomorrow. Give the guys a heads up, there is an inspector sniffing around looking for something to do. Just a heads up, we have several last minute projects to finish, so don't be planning any vacations for the next couple months.

I am using a rather loose and informal way of speaking, because 'heads up' is an informal term.

A: I have a large project coming up. I need to get a head start on it.
I’m cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year. I’ll get a head start on it and cook a few things earlier in the week.
John was a slow runner, so we gave him a head start in the race.

A head start means to begin something before you have to. You can replace it with get started, but get started could also mean you need to get started because you’re behind schedule.

This project is due tomorrow. I need to get started on it. (I should have started last week.)

A: it's not a very common saying. You can use it to express shyness. "I felt so embarrassed i could bury my head in the sand"

A: Positive: After I finished my presentation, someone asked me a difficult question, and then I came up with an answer off the top of my head.

Negative: I don't know how to answer the question. I can't think of anything off the top of my head.

A: Head off means to leave and go in a certain direction.

He took the hall pass and headed off to the bathroom.

The movie ended with the protagonist heading off on horseback into the sunset.

She grabbed the keys and headed off to the store to buy some last-minute hors d'oeuvres for the party.

A: I fell and hurt my head. Now my head hurts.

My head really hurts, but I didn't do anything to hurt my head.

My head hurts = statement of fact. There is pain in that area.
I hurt my head = I did something to cause pain in that area.

A: Over and above both express that something is in a higher position than something else. And, sometimes, you can use either word. The building is above a parking lot. They have the same meaning.

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You can use both of these to refer to somebody who has kept their composure – who has not become rattled or upset. In this sense, they are completely identical.

There is probably some small difference in how they are used – for instance, I would expect that more people would tell another person to "keep their head", while I would expect more people to report that they were "cool as a cucumber". But these kind of things are hard to judge; it's very difficult to predict what people will or won't say.

A: 1. I'm going to head back to the office.
2. Please come back home.
3. Can you go back to where you started?

A: @ranlink They're the same. "Be confident/proud"
However, "Keep your chin up" means "cheer up" and may sound similar

A: You could say “Not off the top of my head.” It’s a good expression!

A: I would say the first one implies something like, he charged into the table and his head slammed against it. The second one sounds more like he was walking by and was pushed by someone so his head bumped against the table. Technically, both have similar meanings, but I would say "collided with the table" sounds more native than "knocked against." Also we would say "knocked against" instead of "knocked with."

A: @Jiapponese Yes、unfortunately in English you words have multiple meaning depending on the context.

example:
wave = 波
wave = 手を振る

In this case "on your head be it" means that the blame or remorse will be on you"

another expression similar to this... "let it be on your shouders" the word "It"referring to the guilt.

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A: We would just say it's hard to put it into words.

It's not coming out right.
It is a completely different idea/story than what I conceptualized.

A: In this context they mean fixing, building, programming computers, whatever his company did. Banging his head implies a difficult/frustrating task. Example. Trying to remove a computer virus that proved to be difficult to get rid of and required more effort than they expected.

A: Unless, there is more story that I'm missing, she just told us that tilting her head 15 degrees was bad.

She thinks that if her head was tilted too far, the no one would be able to trust her words or think she was reliable because she looked too silly.

A: × Mainly I assist a head chef.
✓ I mainly assist the head chef.

× And I help other kitchen staff as well.
✓ I help other kitchen staff as well.

× I cook all the menu, cabinet foods including cakes.
✓ I cook all the menu, including cakes.

In English, we would probably say “foods (for/from) the pantry” instead of “cabinet foods”. Good work!

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A: He is happy. Note also the next sentence - "He turned neatly into his feet .." confirming he'd been upside down!