This is not the conditional use of 'would' in the sentence you have provided. Your example: I wouldn't say this is the best rule I've ever done. (Here the speaker is less direct or distancing himself from being direct that he/she doesn't want to say that this is the best role she has ever d...

"toe the line" is a phrase that means conforming to the rules. The primary connotation of "toe the line" is “to adhere to rules or doctrines conscientiously; conform” (American Heritage), “To conform to a rule or standard” (Oxford). The author means that the computer had to conform to the p...

How to understand the phrase: "This is where it starts to get tricky."? or "It is where it starts to get tricky."?

I have two sentences: I did not finish the book - it was not interesting. and I did not finish the book - it was not that interesting. What is the difference between "interesting" and "that interesting" in these sentences? And so, what is the difference between "Adjective" and "That ...

You have to be within the boundaries of Islam. I'll give you two boundaries: Boundary 1 لا طاعه مخلوق فی معصیه خالق No obedience to a creature in the disobedience of the creator! Boundary 2 وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ ع...

Both past and present perfect may be employed with recently to name an action in the recent past. Which you employ should be governed by the context in which that action occurs. Use a past form if the action is one of a sequence of past actions, a narrative: I recently wrote my grandmother ...