"burnt down" or "burned down" - WordReference Forums
Jan 28, 2007 · It really is just a difference between American and British English. Perhaps what has confused you is the fact that "burnt" is used frequently in American English as an adjective. However, it can be and is used as a normal verb in British English. American English prefers "burned" unless it's an adjective. P.
At the turn - WordReference Forums
May 8, 2012 · Esta sacado de una canción de nombre "Burn It Down". Según interpreto la letra a veces parece que estuviera hablando de algo que esta en permanente movimiento y cambio, supuestamente la cultura pop. La letra viene así: The cycle repeated As explosions broke in the sky All that I needed was the one thing I couldn't find And you were there at ...
burn up vs burn down - WordReference Forums
Oct 5, 2023. #3. If something burns up, the process of burning consumes the material the thing is made of, leaving either nothing or only a residue. If something (normally a building) burns down, that process of burning means the structure (or at least the residue) ends up on the ground again. In a real sense, it burns up and falls down at the ...
Participle usage in temporal and conditional clauses
Sep 14, 2024 · 3) After being constructed, the building became …. Or, 4) After constructed, the building became …. I feel that 3) sounds more correct, but sometimes I do see sentences constructed in the manner of 4). For example, 5) When done properly, slash and burn agriculture provides communities with a source of food and income.
presented or appearing - WordReference Forums
Oct 22, 2017. #11. a passerby said: Between presented and appearing, definitely appearing. Between present and appearing, I have no strong preference — although the latter does require that there was some time in the past when the issues were not known.
down the hall - WordReference Forums
Italian. Feb 15, 2021. #1. Hi, what does 'down the hall' mean in the following example? "These choices pass muster not only because of an empiricist vogue that ousts other priorities, including the more open-ended inquiry of political theorists down the …
knocked down/torn down/demolished by fire - WordReference …
Feb 15, 2023. #2. "Demolish" involves a mechanical action, and "knock" and "tear" say exactly what type of mechanical action is involved. It does not need to be man-made, and a storm might demolish a building or tear it apart (probably, rather than tear it down). A tidal wave might knock a building down. None of these work for fire.
loot - WordReference Forums
Mar 7, 2009 · In the latter case, it does not mean that people physically remove assets from a vault in a building. Rather, they move funds from government accounts to the businesses of family members and cronies, or to their own numbered bank accounts abroad. _____ Always remember to pillage before you burn. —Great Uncle Wilbur
Flood and floods - WordReference Forums
Jan 19, 2015 · A building (a thing that can contain anything: stores, offices, etc) An apartment building (a thing that contains apartments) A warning (an announcement about some possible problem) A flood warnig (an announcement about possible floods) A report (information about something) A weather report (information about the weather)
Etymology of the word 'Pyramid' - WordReference Forums
Spanish (Argentina) Jun 30, 2008. #2. Two sources I've checked (1 and 2) coincide in indicating that pyramid came into English through Old French pyramide, which is a word of Latin origin. Latin had borrowed its term from Greek pyramis which, it seems, has its origin in the very Egyptian language, in the word pimar, which stood for pyramid.