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Cardinal

01:47

Phrasal verb of night: come down with

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Q: Meaning of the phrasal verb draw up

Meaning of the phrasal verb draw up is to come to a halt and it is used the following way The train drew up at the station. He drew up his car outside my house. But I found a sentence in which it is used as The train drew up to the station. I think it is wrong. Help me understa...

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Anonymous

06:58

@Cardinal You want to put the there.

Anonymous

@CowperKettle Just one, really.

Anonymous

Have I successfully evaded your question yet?

userr2684291

07:26

I also play just one game, really, and I'd recommend it.

That is, if I were to reveal its name.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Skyfall music ensues

CowperKettle

@snailboat Probably some kind of linguistic game?

> Trump comes down with the wall.

userr2684291

07:47

She sometimes plays that here.

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Y'know what I dislike about newer James Bond movies? There aren't that many gadgets. It's gadgets that make a good spy. Surely everyone knows that...

Of course, you've gotta hit that perfect ratio so as not to reach the Batman amount or spectacularly of them, while satisfying the demands of those with a finer taste.

I.e., not me.

Why can't they add more Batman to it.

Or a lot of it. Or just... Make another Batman movie?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

08:08

@userr2684291 they're gonna do it, and that Twilight guy is going to be Batman -__-

Anonymous

09:34

Every time you make a sentence, you have a chance to play a game.

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CowperKettle

Sounds minacious

Cardinal

15:48

@snailboat I've seen Kettle dropp it like "word of day", so I dropped it :) also isn't it a titile?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

16:00

@Cardinal Russians aren't to be trusted with articles

Now if we had a German here

They put articles behind EVERYTHING.

Cardinal

16:41

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ LoL, on point!

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Have you tried to learn another language?

Cardinal

17:11

@snailboat Yup, that flashed the image of George RR Martin in my mind sitting behind his desk playing the game of ice and fire!

Hmm, again I used a world that I wasn't sure about and came out as wrong!

So, the correct one should be:

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@Cardinal I started out with German, gonna continue it after this Konkur

Cardinal

The image of GRRM flashed in my mind sitting behind his desk.

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Nice. I started German long ago and left it there, and now I just remember some fixed phrases or words :(. Hopefully later I will restart, but first I have to learn my dear English! :)

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userr2684291

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ That's pretty dusky.

@Cardinal I tried searching for car sounds here, writtensound.com/index.php?term=automotive, but there's no GRRRM listed, although there are some other (pretty amusing) examples of onomatopoeia. (:

Cardinal

17:31

@userr2684291 Hmm, probably you put one additional R there :))

userr2684291

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ YEEeeEEeeEEeeEEeeEEee!

Hahah.

CowperKettle

> چه غم بار
وقتي نمي داني
گم شده اي يا گم كرده اي

معين دهاز

userr2684291

@Cardinal How obserrvant.

Cardinal

@userr2684291 LoL, have you watched the last series of GoT?

userr2684291

@Cardinal No, I don't watch that show.

Cardinal

17:35

How saddening, when you don't know weather you're lost or you have lost!
Moeen Dehaaz!

userr2684291

@Cardinal Whether <> weather.

Cardinal

@userr2684291 LoL

I knew this time!

userr2684291

Shoulda stuck with if.

Cardinal

really? Can we use if .... or .... pattern>

?

userr2684291

Yeah.

Cardinal

17:39

I thought that works only for whether

I'll have look at this topic. whether vs if.

have to* :))

userr2684291

I'd say ...when you don't know if you're lost or have lost, though. For some reason, I don't like the repetition.

Cardinal

you're have lost?

userr2684291

Maybe even ...if you are or have lost, but that might be pushing it. Perhaps ...if you have, or are lost. Haha.

Cardinal

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ What do you say?

userr2684291

...when you don't know if you're lost or if you have lost would be the safest way to put it.

CowperKettle

17:48

@Cardinal There's a Russian-language community on Facebook with translations of modern Iranian poetry

Cardinal

@CowperKettle Nice, that makes the world a better place!

userr2684291

@Cardinal law.stanford.edu/office-of-communications-and-public-relations/…: "If you’re lost or have reached this page in error, our apologies."

Cardinal

@userr2684291 LoL, did you literally search that entire sentence? o_O

userr2684291

"if you're lost or have" is what I searched for.

@Cardinal You can search a sentence for something, or you can search for a sentence (containing something, perhaps).

CowperKettle

18:06

> Fasting from dawn to sunset for 30 days increased levels of proteins that play a crucial role in improving insulin resistance and protecting against the risks from a high-fat, high-sugar diet, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2019.

> The study, which was based on the fasting practices of Ramadan, a spiritual practice for Muslims, offers a potential new treatment approach for obesity-related conditions, including diabetes, metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Ramadan is good for your health

If you ever come down with overeating, don't get epitragic, try Ramadan fasting.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Only if you do it right now

Sudden large intakes of food can contribute to insulin resistance

@userr2684291 Is that a German Yee?

userr2684291

"Not eating helps with obesity", news at 11.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Well, it's not just not eating, it's not eating or drinking

userr2684291

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ I linked to some website with various onomatopoeeEEeeEEias, haha.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Or not eating nor drinking

Or neither eating nor drinking

Why the hell does English make everything so complicated.

userr2684291

18:11

Hm, I wonder how not drinking water helps. Have they tested that separately?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

I dunno, but that's what Ramadan fasting is.

userr2684291

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Also not thinking dirty thoughts.

Maybe it's that. Haha.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Khkhkh Testosterone stimulates muscle growth, not storage of fat. So dunno

userr2684291

My Somali friend, who is a Muslim, told me to not swear in front of her either during those 12 hours.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

That's taking it to a next level

Well, yeah, the idea is it's a month you're supposed to be conscious of your every action.

userr2684291

18:16

Yeah. And they mainly mean words like shit.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

I did the fasting wrong and probably ruined my kidneys. Or maybe they were small since birth. Or maybe I took an ibuprofen and it didn't take me. No one knows.

userr2684291

What I mean is, I don't normally swear in front of them really (I don't consider shit a swearword, at any rate).

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@userr2684291 Shit. Even "shit"?

That's gotta be language barrier. It's not even under the belt. I mean, it is. But if you're in space?

userr2684291

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ I don't know what the temperatures are down there where you are, but I assume it's warmer, and drinking water is recommended.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

How do they deal with that, BTW? Or maybe part of astronaut training is dealing with floating shit

I'm being imaginative today.

userr2684291

18:19

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Also damn or ass.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@userr2684291 Dehydration in itself can't cause kidney failure. It can contribute to it though

userr2684291

Well, yeah, it's definitely not good.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

I did intense exercises and almost blacked out close to iftar (the time we're allowed to break fast)

userr2684291

Good job.

Haha.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

It's also that these Ramadans are summer Ramadans, and the days are 3 times longer than the nights.

@userr2684291 Thank you!

Lunar calendar is 10.5 days off, so Hijri events migrate around normal ass calendars.

Is it just me or the words you're mentioning keep leaking into my messages?

userr2684291

18:22

My friend lives in Australia and it's pretty warm down there, but I think they told me their fast is around 12 hours long (I think it's like winter there now, though).

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Yeah, southern hemisphere gets the opposite of everything

userr2684291

Yeh. I think it's the Southern hemisphere, though. Haha.

I've just checked, and it's not that warm this time of the year.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

We're humans, not polar bears, we can take in some heat

@userr2684291 It's from 4:30 to around 21:00 here.

16:30.

userr2684291

It's from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. there.

Right now.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

That's so neat.

userr2684291

18:33

Yes. Especially if you're a nurse (to be) like her, who can work night shifts and sleep through most of it, lol.

It also means I can talk to her during the day (while she's at work) and ask her stupid questions about English.

Well, when the need arises, maybe once or twice a day.

CowperKettle

18:48

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Wow. Not drinking for the whole day is bad.

Cardinal

20:10

A very interesting read:

merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/…

@CowperKettle That's epictragic in fact.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

21:07

@Cardinal Mmm, my impression is stairs are a more rigid construct, but you can get creative with steps

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