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faire la chenille - WordReference Forums
South of France. France, french. May 20, 2007. #2. For my english friends,"la chenille" is a traditional dance. People hold each other by the waist and dance in a line. It is often practiced for new years eve by the french. Is there an equivalent in England ? Thanks very much.
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start+ing or +to infinitive? | WordReference Forums
Tamil. Oct 29, 2017. #7. Tsz Long Ng said: I just want to know when to use start +ing and +to infinitive. As I said in #2, it depends on the intended meaning, and the context. If you provide a context, people will be able to help you. Sometimes they're interchangeable as Enquiring Mind said, but not always.
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following vs after - WordReference Forums
Sep 12, 2011. #1. Hello everybody! Following the dinner, there will be a dance. After breakfast she phoned for a taxi. The fast that one thing took place after another can be expressed in many ways in English: Is there any difference in meaning between the two sentences I have pasted in?
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give a class or teach a class? | WordReference Forums
I think the expression is more common in teaching which involves practical physical performance, like dance or acting, than in everyday teaching in a school. Chris Ruffle taught Medau at a Dance for Africa Day in Ashford at Christmas, and Marlene McGee gave a class at a' taster' event organised by the Open University at Lowestoft. Medau News. 1987
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Dance with music VS Dance to music | WordReference Forums
Senior Member. Cumbria, UK. British English. Dec 30, 2020. #2. Use"to". While it is sometimes possible to use"dance with" in relation to music, this is unusual and requires a particular reason, with at least an implication that the person is not dancing to the music."With" makes no sense when no reason is given for its use.
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to do or go boxing | WordReference Forums
Aug 8, 2023. #22. We only say"go" if you need to"go" somewhere in order to do it."Go fishing" means"go to a lake and fish there"."Go hiking" means"go to a hiking trail and hike there.""Go boxing" means"go to a boxing ring and box there.""Go dancing" means"go somewhere that people dance, and dance there".
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Dancing on the head of a pin - Expression - WordReference Forums
English + French - UK. Aug 13, 2008. #1. I have heard the expression"to be dancing on the head of a pin" and have found this comment on a (religious-information) website:"There never was a debate about angels dancing on the head of a pin. It started out as a rhetorical illustration to demonstrate the futility of out-of-touch theological debates."
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noddy badge - WordReference Forums
Feb 21, 2009. #1. The noddy badge used to be explained to me as"if you do a minor good thing (say, show someone the way, or as an adult get an A in a year 5 dictation) and you make a great show and dance about it, then people may say"you really get the noddy badge now"". Urban dictionary's sole definition however makes it simply equivalent to ...
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Dance with the one that brung ya | WordReference Forums
Thank you. One of his favourite political sayings came from a song popular in his youth:"Dance with the one that brung ya." Reagan's point was simple: in politics, as in life, you support those who support you. You are loyal to those who have made you.
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dance club or dancing club | WordReference Forums
"Dance club" sounds good, Vinci. The noun"dance" is commonly used to modify other nouns: dance classes, dance instructor, dance club"Dancing" is possible, but I think"dance" is more common these days.
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