A question about articles Hello folks! I have a bit weird question. Imagine a situation - I have a chair, but I want to replace it with a couch, for example. While I'm replacing it, I want to say a phrase: "Goodbye chair. Hello couch." Do I need to say any articles before these nouns in the phrase? For example, "Goodbye the chair. Hello the couch". My intuition says that I don't need to use any articles in this case, but I want to be sure about it.

What does "Qu'est-ce qu'elle fou" mean? Hello! A man waits for a woman. She is late. The man's mad and he says: "Qu'est-ce qu'elle fou !". What does it mean?

What does 'up the road a ways' means? Hello! What does 'up the road a ways' means? - You're not Atlanta P.D. Where you from? - Up the road a ways. - Well, Officer Friendly from up the road a ways, welcome to the big city.

Past Simple vs Past Continuous Hello everyone! When we tell consequent actions in the past in English, we use the Past Simple. For example: I got up at 7 am, had breakfast, went to work etc. What if actions were happening at one time? Do we use the Past Continuous in this case? For example: While he was eating, she was reading a book, I was talking on the phone, two brothers were playing video games, someone was yelling outside. Am I right?

Is there any difference between isn't and 's not? She isn't reading - She's not reading. They aren't reading. - They're not reading. I've never thought before if there is any difference between these contractions...

What does futureland mean? Hello! What does futureland mean? Here's an extract from a book: I simply assumed I would bundle up my New York wife with her New York interests, her New York pride, and remove her from her New York parents – leave the frantic, thrilling futureland of Manhattan behind – and transplant her to a little town on the river in Missouri, and all would be fine.

What does soiled goods mean? Hello! What does soiled goods mean in the following context? And we had a history. There was a brief affair when we were co-presenting, but we were both married to other people, and so the affair ended, painfully and sadly. And then, finally, after much bad timing and many recriminations, we got together, but we’d missed the moment. I had become SOILED GOODS. I was broken, finished, a wreck, scraping the bottom of my own barrel; she was still at the top of her game, beautiful and young and famous, broadcasting to millions every morning.

Mon premier message en français Bonjour! C'est mon premier message en français. Je m'appelle Katya. Je suis russe. Je ne parle pas bien français. J'ai étudié le français dans l'année dernière, mais je n'ai pas étudié le français dans cette année. J'ai oublié presque tout. J'ai recommencé à apprendre le français il y a quatre jours. J'ai regardé le dassin animé "Un monstre à Paris" en français il y u deux jours. Je n'ai pas compris beaucoup de mots, mais j'aime beaucoup "Un monstre à Paris". :) C'est mon premier dassin animé en français. Je n'ai jamais regardé des films en français aussi. Je toujours regarde des films français en russe.

10/21/2014 Hello everyone! I have a question. There are two sentences: 1) You wrote a message; 2) I got a message notification in thirty minutes. I would like to write it in one sentence. I got a message notification in thrity minutes after you had written a message. Is it correct? The sentence seems to me a little wierd and I don't know why.