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  1. thank you for letting me know The difference is subtle (very small). Here's one way to think about it: "Thank you for telling me" can be used when someone is admitting to a mistake or that they can't honor an agreement. "Thank you for telling me that you won't be able to come to the meeting today. That gives me time to play golf with the CEO." "Thank you for letting me know" is often used when ...

  2. Kool-Aid The phrase "there must be something in the Kool-Aid" is referencing a historical event. A cult called the Peoples Temple led its members to believe that if they committed suicide they would reap some amazing reward after death. 918 people committed suicide by drinking Kool-Aid mixed with poison. So, when someone says "there must be something in the Kool-Aid" they are most likely ...

  3. When someone asks "How do you like this skirt", why is the reply "It's pretty" intead of "I like it"? It seems like that the question "How do you like something" is asking for opinions, isn't it?

  4. I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. 这个在 中文 (简体) 里怎么说?. 查看翻译. Charlottelia. 2016年8月17日. 英语 (英国) 中文 (简体)

  5. You’d say that they are “acting”. If maybe someone you don’t like it’s telling you that they are sorry for something that they did to you but looks like they don’t mean it, they might be putting up an “act”. You wouldn’t say they are “performing” because it’s not like they had practice.

  6. kidding@q1w2e3r4 I’m just kidding = I’m just messing with your mind, couldn’t you tell lol ? It’s to tease. It’s more telling something you expect them to believe. It’s the verb you use and you can end it with the noun for it, being A joke. B. Telling a joke in general is telling something funny to make you laugh on purpose.

  7. It can also be used ironically in the sense of telling someone something that you know they know very well. "I hate to break it to you, but neither one of us has a date for New Year's Eve."

  8. ‘time telling’ and “clock building.”Time telling = when a company just focuses on one small part of what makes a company great (like an idea for the best product or deciding what makes a great leader) Clock building = when a company takes a step back and looks at the bigger picture and determines what type of company culture and processes to build to lead the company to success in the ...

  9. Narrate is telling a story you witness or saw such as: "That dog was so excited for lunch his tale couldn't stop wagging." Recount is just another way of saying recalling or remembering, but it's not really used in a social way, it's more of a formal way kinda. But in math it means to count again. "Hey do you recount that time I beat you in basketball?" or "Hey do you remember that time I beat ...

  10. If you're "hearing the result," someone is telling you the result directly and with specific detail. If you're "hearing about the result," then you're hearing it in a more general way and probably from an indirect source.