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"Suggest me" or "Suggest to me"

Could you please suggest me which word to use. Could you please suggest to me which word to use. I am not sure which of the above two forms is grammatical. I am confused because for tell verb we use 'tell me', and for explain 'explain to me'. Can…
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Is saying "I figured it out!" (past tense) correct usage?

Could a native English speaker use the phrase "I figured it out!" in an internet forum if he/she has suddenly understood something? Or would he/she say something like "I've got it!" The matter is, one fellow (Russian native) translator said that an…
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A different concept of difficult English words

I’m interested in building up my English vocabulary, but whenever I look for “difficult English words” or “advanced vocabulary” I’m presented with a list of polysyllabic words such as: aberration, abhor, acquiesce, amiable, appease, arcane, avarice,…
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Is there a word to describe that somebody changed their mind (like "doch nicht")?

In German, there is a phrase called "doch nicht". It means that after a person made a decision, they changed their mind afterwards or were forced to change their decision by external influences. The German sentence that I have in mind is: Da Luke…
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When to repeat words like "thousand“, ”million“ or ”billion“

Is there a rule of when to repeat words like "thousand“, ”million“ or ”billion“? Why doesn't the first quote simply say fifteen to twenty-five thousand dollars? Why is 'thousand' repeated in the first quote while "billion" isn't repeated in the…
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Can we say "the pot is leaking" or "the pot leaks" when the pot is empty?

In the dictionary leak: 1 [intransitive, transitive] if a container, pipe, roof etc leaks, or if it leaks gas, liquid etc, there is a small hole or crack in it that lets gas or liquid flow through The roof is leaking. A tanker is leaking oil off…
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Meaning of a poster: "Give up, give in or give everything"

On the wall of a fast-food restaurant is a sign that reads: "Give up, give in or give everything" KFC-documentary (see 31:20-31:24) I know the meaning of "give up", "give in" and "give", but it does not make sense to me when I combine the 3…
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Olive Garden: "The cheese keeps coming 'til you say 'when'"

There's an Olive Garden commercial which has the line: At Olive Garden, the cheese keeps coming 'til you say "when". I certainly understand what it's saying: only when I tell them to stop with the cheese will they stop. But something about the…
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What is the meaning of tron in jumbotron?

I know what jumbotron is, It is a screen in a stadium. I want to know what tron means? I have seen tron in other places such as scoob-tron(name of a dog). I am trying to figure out the meaning of tron.
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"I am appeared to redly" - This sentence is making me very puzzled and confused

At the moment, I can't tell whether it's because I am tired and fail to notice the obvious or the sentence is really unusual. I've been stuck on this one for a good ten minutes including some googling with no explanation in sight, so I'm going to…
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Faces vs sides of dice

When it comes to dice, what's the appropriate way to denote the number of their sides/faces? A six-sided die or a four-faced die? Or have these two no difference for natives?
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Meaning of "doesn't even begin to cover it"

I saw the movie Ice Age 4, in which there was the quote "Okay doesn't even begin to cover it". After searching on the internet, I couldn't find the meaning of the sentence at all. Is that "Begin to cover" an idiom? What's the meaning of the…
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Difference between "detonate" and "explode"

What is the difference between "detonate" and "explode"? Are they interchangeable?
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"You first" "You second" "You third"

Suppose I'm telling a bunch of people to do something. I'm about to tell a person :"You first", can I say to the others :"You second", "you third" ... ? And is there another way to say that ?
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Difference between "I like swimming" and "I like to swim"?

So what is the difference between "I like swimming" and "I like to swim"? Do they mean the same?
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