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Can we say "The mom is hatching her premature baby"?
Can we say "The mom is hatching her premature baby"?
Absolutely not, birds and mammals do not belong to the same class.
Birds lay eggs, and eggs hatch; mammals give birth, and babies are ...
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Can we say "The mom is hatching her premature baby"?
"Hatching" refers to the process by which a chick (or turtle, snake etc) leaves an egg.
The process in which a mother hen warms an egg with her body heat is "brooding". Of course, ...
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Can we say "The mom is hatching her premature baby"?
The technique you are referring to is widely known as 'skin to skin contact', or simply 'skin to skin', and is recommended by many healthcare professionals for a period of time after a baby's birth, ...
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"Far above" vs "Well above"
More or less wherever you can use "well above" you can used "far above"; though it is possible that "far above" is perhaps a little stronger than "well above". ...
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Is it correct to say "Do you want to have your photo with your classmates taken?"?
Most of what you say in this item is more or less correct, except for the very last line. "Do you want to have your group photo of your class taken?" isn't simply awkward sounding, it ...
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When do we use "speaking of which", "by the way" and "anyway"?
'Speaking of which...' requires you to have been speaking about, or at least mentioned the subject you are about talk about further. For example, if somebody's name was mentioned in passing and you ...
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What does 'meet the sales' mean?
"it still doesn't make sense"
Are you saying that the rest of that page did make sense?
From my cursory reading, it is all market-speak; words and phrases that sound impressive, but which, ...
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"I hope not" or "I'm afraid so" in response to a question about something undesirable
If the second option appears with a period as posted it is incorrect. “I’m afraid so.”!is not a complete sentence.
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Is the phrase "populate with" used correctly in this context?
It is grammatical. As a transitive verb, "to populate" means to fill up, fill in or supply with people or things. "I populated my aquarium with tropical fish."
This is a ...
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When can we say "I know her"?
It is always hard for dictionaries to define very common words. There are no simpler words use as a gloss.
Knowing someone usually means you can recognise them as an individual. Often it means you ...
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What does the phrase 'without exception' mean?
"Without exception" means that there are no cases where this is not true.
Sometimes we use "absolute" words but we really don't mean them absolutely. Like if I say, "Sally ...
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What does the phrase 'without exception' mean?
‘Without exception’ means ‘Always true’. ‘Exception’ means ‘A case where (something) is not true’, so the original phrase means ‘With no cases of (something) being not true’.
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Can we say "put the lid on the box" and "take the lid off the box" when one side of the lid is joined to the box?
Shut the lid. Open the lid. Flip it open, close the lid.
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Do we call a 2/3 year old child a baby?
The site you linked to says:
The English language has several terms for children between the ages
of birth and 4 years, including newborn, infant, baby, and toddler.
These terms are often used ...
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One and the same
I'm not sure it does mean that two things are identical to (as in exactly the same thing as) each other, except just maybe as a sort of metaphor.
It means that two things are actually not two things ...
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Does "Home sweet home" phrase carry any negative meaning in British and American English?
The expression comes from a sentimental song from the 1820s which was very popular in the 19th century. Because it is so well-known it has become something of a cliché, so it is sometimes used ...
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Do we have a phrase expressing that you missed doing something but you decided to move ahead without getting back?
One phrase that springs to mind is press on regardless.
I left my iPad behind, but don't worry, I'll just press on regardless.
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I've done / not done something, or something unexpected ...
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Thank them FOR or FROM us?
I wouldn't call either of these examples "proper".
If you want to ask someone to say "thanks" to someone else, on your behalf, I wouldn't personally use either of these. Although ...
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