"I need some sugar in my coffee, tenth spoons please" ? I heard this phase but the part "tenth spoons" does not make sense to me, I can understand "ten spoons", but tenth?? I know tenth is the ordinal for ten, but it sounds strange on that phrase. What does it mean? Or maybe the one who used it had not said "tenth" but some other word related to ten which will make sense. Any ideas? obs: I'm sure the word is related to ten, because it shows the one asked for sugar counting the spoons until ten.Mistery solved!! I get what was my mistake with the answer from Jura, the correct phrase is not "tenth spoons" but "ten teaspoons". I didn't know the word teaspoon that's why I understood "tenth spoons". Sometimes is realy hard to understand native speakers.. hehe... Thank you everyone for your help!!

"I just met a nurse": Isn't that incomplete? (For the Ramones's fans) There's a song by Ramones named Pinhead that in some part says: "I don't wanna be a pinhead no more I just met a nurse that I could go for" Everyone translates that to portuguese with the meaning of "... I just want to met a nurse that I could go for", but the lyrics doesn't include the verb want. Why? Is the translation wrong or the compositor left the "want" out on purpose?

"My grandmother used to say that (or this)" ? I never know which of the words to use: "that" or "this". Which one is right in this (or that) phrase and why?