DUE (elektro's vocabulary)

if I am good at taking pictures with whatever camera, I am up to date guy! Correct?
I place on the elementary level of English, but my friend is on the advanced level.
He is more up to date than me. Correct?
 
if I am good at taking pictures with whatever camera, I am up to date guy! Correct?

well sort of you could be up to date with all the camera's
this would mean that you could USE all the camera's in the world. The word
"guy" has no relevance here though

I place on the elementary level of English, but my friend is on the advanced level.
He is more up to date than me. Correct?

well yes, but up to date is not really used like that. You can be more up to date than someone else
but its usually used as a finite saying "up to date" there is nothing else to learn or do at "that time"

Better?
 
for some reason only meaning MODERN is visiting my brain
:'(
It's because of my misunderstanding some words in explanations...
Elementary English!!!
:bang::bang::bang:
 
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elektro said:
for some reason only meaning MODERN is visiting my brain
:'(
It's because of my misunderstanding some words in explanations...
Elementary English!!!
:bang::bang::bang:
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Don't worry Oleg we will get there :D
"old school" is a fairly modern expression that means
from the past or "traditional"
 
You use 'up to date' when referring to something which can become old fashioned or just plain old over time but which can be updated to the very latest specification through an action or actions. It can also be used for something which needs to be updated or maintained regularly (e.g. a diary).

Examples:

I have bought some new clothes and I am now up to date with the latest fashions

or

I have just completed last weeks entries and my diary is now up to date
 
I hope my brains are up to date after your explanations.
i.e.
they are upgraded
they are refreshed
they are more modern than before starting this thread

is that right at last?
:bang::bang::bang:
 
if nobody wont to correct me, I afford next one - stuff
 
elektro said:
if nobody wont to correct me, I afford next one -
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Give me a bloody chance :razz: :D
I'l get around to that in due course I have other stuff to deal with first :D

elektro said:
I hope my brains are up to date after your explanations.
i.e.
they are upgraded
they are refreshed
they are more modern than before starting this thread

is that right at last?
:bang::bang::bang:
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You are sort of right but that is not really how we would use the term,
Upgraded = yes I guess so
Refreshed = not really refreshed is more how you would be after a good nights sleep
More modern = yes I see what you mean but again its not really how we would say it.
Its difficult to know what you need to know at times, as I said before teaching the
Queens English is one thing but speaking it how the natives speak it is slightly ( and can be vastly) different.
For example, we are taught to drive to pass a test, once we pass that test
we then learn to drive, does that make sense ?
 
elektro said:
if nobody wont to correct me, I afford next one - stuff
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As above "stuff" can be anything

I have a load of stuff in my garage
My garage is full of stuff
(bikes tools paint ladders wire etc)
All collectively called "stuff"

Or even my garage is stuffed full of stuff
ie there is no more room for anything


Soft toys, teady bears are stuffed
You make the toy and then stuff it ( fill it with soft fibre) then it is a stuffed toy.

You can also stuff your self with food, full to the brim, no room for anymore.

Stuff is also an English slang word for f*** ( I knew you would get that one at least :D)
 
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Stuff is the plural for a group of items, matter or things. (useful for when you forget the name of things).
e.g.
I went home to get my photography stuff.
That's good stuff.
I want that stuff that makes your skin look younger.

It's also a verb "to stuff", it means to put something into something else usually with some effort.
e.g.
I hate his singing so much I want to stuff the microphone up his ***.
She stuffed the letters into the postbox.
He was caught stuffing a gun into a hiding place.
 
Sometimes **** (S word meaning poo) is also used to mean stuff, for example:

I have a load of stuff to do for school.

I have a load of **** to do for school.

They mean the same thing :D This is used particularly amongst young people.

Slang though, of course :)
 
Cobra said:

I have a load of stuff in my garage
My garage is full of stuff
(bikes tools paint ladders wire etc)
All collectively called "stuff"

Or even my garage is stuffed full of stuff
ie there is no more room for anything


Soft toys, teady bears are stuffed
You make the toy and then stuff it ( fill it with soft fibre) then it is a stuffed toy.

You can also stuff your self with food, full to the brim, no room for anymore.

Stuff is also an English slang word for f*** ( I knew you would get that one at least :D)
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Thank you Chris!
They were good classes.
Can you tell me about meaning f*** that I would get?


Col_M said:
Stuff is the plural for a group of items, matter or things. (useful for when you forget the name of things).
e.g.
I went home to get my photography stuff.
That's good stuff.
I want that stuff that makes your skin look younger.

It's also a verb "to stuff", it means to put something into something else usually with some effort.
e.g.
I hate his singing so much I want to stuff the microphone up his ***.
She stuffed the letters into the postbox.
He was caught stuffing a gun into a hiding place.
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Example with stuffing the microphone up his *** can be so useful for majority of Russian singers:D
I think such striking example must deposit a deep track on my delicate brain:thumbs:

Ewan said:
Sometimes **** (S word meaning poo) is also used to mean stuff, for example:

I have a load of stuff to do for school.

I have a load of **** to do for school.

They mean the same thing :D This is used particularly amongst young people.

Slang though, of course :)
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Hey, mates. Have you arranged things with each other?
I see some *** in each of your explanation:)
You might guess I didn't know meaning words were built from ***.:thinking:
 
elektro said:
Thank you Chris!
They were good classes.
Can you tell me about meaning f*** that I would get?
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Well you say that you get the meanings you shouldn't :D
it begins with F and ends with K there is a U&C in the middle :D
 
elektro said:
Hey, mates. Have you arranged things with each other?
I see some *** in each of your explanation:)
You might guess I didn't know meaning words were built from ***.:thinking:
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You will find that the missing words are "sh_t"
But don't worry about that meaning. As Ewan said its younger kids that
use the expression
 
Cobra said:
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Well you say that you get the meanings you shouldn't :D
it begins with F and ends with K there is a U&C in the middle :D
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Chris, you are an experienced teacher!
Did you teach children anywhere?
:police:

Okay, I thought it was an easy to understand word.

Today's word is loser
 
In the English language “Loser” can have two meanings:

Correct term:
1) Loser: To have lost in a competition
Sam was the loser of the event.

"Slang" term:
2) Loser: To be a Sad/lonely person
Sam is a loser
 
elektro said:
Chris, you are an experienced teacher!
Did you teach children anywhere?
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Just my two as they were growing up Oleg :D
the four letter words they learned from school though :(
 
As Above really, there are not too many definitions of loser.
I suppose you could add if I lost some money gambling ( betting) on a horse then I was the loser
 
gazedd said:
In the English language “Loser” can have two meanings:

Correct term:
1) Loser: To have lost in a competition
Sam was the loser of the event.

"Slang" term:
2) Loser: To be a Sad/lonely person
Sam is a loser
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I'd throw in the further slang meaning on #2 which combines the two gazedd has given: someone who is 'losing' at life. Someone who does not achieve anything worthwhile. They don't have to be sad/lonely, just underachieving.

Work at McD? You loser.

IT support? bunch of losers. :lol:

Barried up corsa? total loser
 
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Next word is peanut or peanuts
I just often meet them in our forum...
 
Not sure where you are going with this Oleg, care to expand?
click me
 
A peanut is the single nut, peanuts is the plural form. In terms of slang, if something 'costs peanuts' or is 'worth peanuts', it means it has very little monetary value.

It's probably from the saying 'if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys' which basically means you get what you pay for! :D
 
I'm an idiot! I've remembered...
Russell told me this idiom:
if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys'
Thanks a lot for my remembering
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elektro said:
I'm an idiot! I've remembered...
Russell told me this idiom:
if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys'
Thanks a lot for my remembering
Reminding me or helping me to remember
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Ah I see now, I think that candlestick just about covered it :thumbs:
 
Cobra said:
Ah I see now, I think that candlestick just about covered it :thumbs:
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I know that Chris is the best teacher and his explanations are always clear, but why the candlestick?
Why did he use that word?
 
Cobra said:
Ah I see now, I think that candlestick just about covered it :thumbs:
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elektro said:
I know that Chris is the best teacher and his explanations are always clear, but why the candlestick?
Why did he use that word?
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mmcp42 said:
I have to agree with you wtf?
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If you mean me, I was referring to the poster "candlestick" that provided the explanation, if you are referring to the user "candlestick" I am sure that he has his reasons for the user name
 
oops fair cop guv
(memo to self - read the thread properly!)
 
mmcp42 said:
oops fair cop guv
(memo to self - read the thread properly!)
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Remember the thread about people not reading the whole thing before
passing comments :shrug: it was only 2 posts above mine :razz: :D
 
Cobra said:
Remember the thread about people not reading the whole thing before
passing comments :shrug: it was only 2 posts above mine :razz: :D
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being right does not help your case at all!
 
Before Oleg asks.....;)

candlestick - short for candlestickchimney, which unfortunately exceeds the TP forum name character limit!! Candlestickchimney is a name I use on a couple of other forums and the nickname of a chimney that provided and provides ventilation to a former coalmine in my hometown of Whitehaven.

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It's a much more interesting name than Stuart!! :D
 
Most Brits must have the wrong one, or none, or don't care :bang:
 
today words are while & during
What's the difference between them?
 
the words are similar - they imply concurrent actions,
but are not directly interchangeable

during is used for two things that are happening one inside the other
it gets cold during the winter

while is used as a shorthand for "at the same time as"
I read the paper while I am eating my lunch
I read the paper at the same time as I am eating my lunch
 
May I say so:
I read the paper during my lunch
I read the paper while I am eating
I read the paper for my lunch time
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