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- Dictionaryken/kɛn/
noun
- 1. one's range of knowledge or understanding: "politics are beyond my ken"
verb
- 1. know: Scottish, Northern English "d'ye ken anyone who can boast of that?"
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Sep 26, 2016 · "Ken" derives from Middle English but, as far as I know, is chiefly a word used colloquially by the Scottish, which is probably why Google translate doesn't handle it correctly. As a (more or less) regional colloquialism you probably shouldn't use it unless you're deliberately trying to imitate people from that region, otherwise it'll feel forced and unnatural.
"I" is correct. The speaker is the subject of the sentence, the one performing the action, and so you use the subject version of the pronoun.
1 Having been disturbed, he left the house. OR. Being disturbed, he left the house . 2 Being disturbed by the children, the old man left the park. OR. Having been disturbed by the children, the old man left the park. Having been deprived of their homes in the recent earthquake they had no other option but to take shelter in a school.
No. There is no rule - as "th" can become either /θ/ or /ð/ depending on the word: thin /θɪn/. this /ðɪs/. mother /mʌðər/. think /θɪŋk/. On the plus side, the audible difference between /θ/ and /ð/ is so small that normally when speaking getting them mixed up will go unnoticed. Share.
If you say " Not I " that means " I didn't take your book ". If you say " Not me " (which is the prefered version) that means " It wasn't me who took your book ". The same is in the affirmative sentences, where the " I " version is formal. I still say 'not I' sometimes.
Nov 6, 2015 · That pencil is its. That pencil is ours. That pencil is theirs. The words mine, yours, his, hers, its ours and theirs are possessive pronouns. "Grow" is a verb! "Grow up" is a phrasal verb! "Grow" and "grow up" have different meanings! We use "grow" to talk about something getting physically bigger or longer.
Oct 28, 2015 · I am confused with this: "Long after he has left, she finds out that it has been stolen." "Long after he left, she finds out that it has been stolen."
Jun 22, 2013 · 1. Based on the minimal context and my own personal experience, I'd have to interpret that as basically "severely unpleasant or irritating to deal with; a person who is rude, unpleasant, etc." Essentially, the speaker has left out a few words (a simple case of literary/poetic license, I assume) and converted "bitch" from a noun to an adjective ...
In our local language (India->Maharashtra->Kolhapur) we have two different words for fart. When a person farts with (hearable) noise (smelly or not smelly) we call this farting 'Padla' (male=पदला) / 'Padli' (female=पदली). When a person farts without noise and we come to know because of dark smell, we call it 'Thuski ...
The New Oxford American Dictionary has a note about sick.. A common trick of slang is to invert meanings, so that seemingly negative words are used as terms of approval— bad and wicked are two established examples, with positive uses dating back to 1897 and 1920, respectively.
