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

A: these are the lyrics. What part of the song was he at?

Hello, how are you?
Have you been alright
Through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights?
That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything
If you'd pick up that telephone
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey, how're you feelin'?
Are you still the same?
Don't you realise the things we did, we did, were all for real?
Not a dream
I just can't believe they've all faded out of view
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh-ooh-ooh
I look into the sky
(The love you need ain't gonna see you through)
And I wonder why
(The little things you planned ain't coming true)
Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time
I'm living in twilight
Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time
I'm living in twilight
Okay, so no one's answering
Well, can't you just let it ring a little longer, longer, longer
Oh,…

A: It means Douglas hit the person hard with his right hand

A: I ---sit there and chill. I'm probably gonna bring my truck down this way and get her/er.

I couldn't understand the first couple of words. Get-er is common in his accent for "get it" whatever it is he intends to retrieve with the truck.

A: Yeah she's still out. Come on man, come on! Get up there and get that motherfucker. Right in the head! Get that motherfucker again in the head!

A: Right here, bro. Just come right here, I'm right (can't understand) in front of it.

A: I wouldn’t say “done did” is incorrect. There is a stereotype that it sounds uneducated, but it’s a common way to speak in certain regional variations of English. For those variations (like parts of southeastern US) it’s perfectly fine, if informal.

As a non native speaker you should probably stick to the more standard construction though (eg I cooked dinner instead of I done cooked dinner, I drove all the way instead of I done drove). The standard will be understood everywhere. It may sound strange to native speakers if a non native speaker uses done did, and other non native speakers will probably find it harder to understand.

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A: @vastiruiz, flabbergast as a verb is not used very much. Im not sure how one would "flabbergast someone" -know what I mean? Maybe it is just me, but I wouldn't know how to put it in a sentence

A: ain't is slang for won't
i ain't going to talk to them
means i won't talk to them

A: Both are used when a speaker doesn't want to write out a whole list. Etcetera is most often shortened to etc.

She has taken many science classes, including biology, chemistry, ecology, physics, etc.


You need to clean the bathroom, the bedroom, the kitchen, and so forth.

A: どういたしまして。（A hi-fi might have a record deck, a Minidisc recorder, a Cassette recorder, a CD player/recorder, a reel-to-reel tape recorder, などなど、、、）

A: No difference in meaning. However, in sentences like these - ones involving relative clauses - we use "who" for people and "which" for things, so "who" is correct in this situation. Note that you can use "that" for both people and things (as well as for pretty much any other relative clause).

✅I got my CD signed by the singer who performed at the festival.
❌I got my CD signed by the singer which performed at the festival.
✅I got my CD signed by the singer that performed at the festival.

✅This is the coat which belongs to my father.
❌This is the coat who belongs to my father.
✅This is the coat that belongs to my father.

Hope this makes it a little easier to understand!

A: Are you an English speaker is the full one used by people fluent in english it's the correct grammar version, on the other hand are you English speaker is mostly used by those who don't know english so the proper one is most definently "Are you an English Speaker"

A: He is a good speaker of English ( correct )
He is good speakers ( plural/ or used when the topic is two or more ) of English ( wrong )

A: A boombox is a portable combination of two loudspeakers and a radio and cassette player

A: Will you stop pestering me if I do this for you?

A: erm “i’m okay with anything” is a good response but you could also say, “anything’s fine with me” or “you can choose, whatever is fine...” (i still feel bad haha...)

A: I know it's an emergency and we'll do everything we can. We can fit you in on the first of March. Maybe you could talk to the doctor and he...

A: You can’t have three procedures done in one night.

A: What can I say, Joel? You know Clementine. She's just like that. Impulsive. she decided to erase you almost as a lark.

A: Everybody would understand you. This is really about details. If you really want to master the language, you should just get used to it, reading , listening people talking and watching movies. Then it becomes normal. The way I see it with this example is that, there is only one survival mode, its very clear. A survival mode would mean like its one of several possible. But its just my way of seeing it.

A: >When native speakers ask me if *I have any* questions, what should I say if I want to tell them "no" in a polite way?

・No, I'm good. Thanks.
・Not at the moment.
・Not that I can think of.

A:

“asked/ð/θ” is difficult for lots of people. If I think too much about trying to pronounce that conjunction, it can make me trip up my tongue. But it’s not just because of the letter D, it’s because of the close conjunction of K as well.

When you have those close conjunctions that are difficult, you just have to practice them. I have coached lots of people who thought that they couldn’t do it, and after a month or two suddenly they are achieving these horribly difficult words. I’m sorry to tell you the boring answer but it’s true – you just have to practice.

“Delete this“ is a great one to start with, actually, because it’s really not that difficult. Just say – delete – and make sure that you firmly hit the T sound, and then comfortably move on to the ðɪs. It’s fine to have a healthy gap between the words – there is no need for anybody to rush. Speaking fast doesn’t make you sound natural. It’s more important to get the sounds correct.

A: いいですね。はい、正しくて自然です。

A: "Sound similar" is grammatically correct. The trick here is that "sound" can be a transitive (active) verb or an intransitive (linking, inactive) verb. Here it is a linking verb. It's like an impression. It is like describing something with the verb "to be". He is similar. He is similar to his brother.

- They sound similar to each other.
- They sound like each other. They sound the same.
- That sounds wonderful. (not wonderfully)
- She sounds happy. (not happily)
This link might be clearer than my explanation.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/sound_2