Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums

[luciaC]

1. What does shoot-to-kill mean?
2. Do we say Hurrican Katrina or Katrina Hurricane?
3. The place is unfit for humans to live. Can we count human?
4. Tom said he needed to find a professional tutor. I said to him " I will keep my eyes open for you." Do I use "keep my eyes open for him" correctly?
5. How about keep my ears open for you? What's the difference between keep my eyes open for you and keep my ears open for you?
6. What's the difference between taxi and cab?
7. Are dish towel and kitchen towel the same thing?
8. Can we say to a teacher that we appreciate her teaching and we appreciate her instruction?
9. Can we call colander a drainer?
10. Can we call dish washing liquid cleaners or dish washing detergent?

Thank you in advance!
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Mimi

[iitimone7]

1. shoot to kill - if you plan to aim your loaded gun at someone, plan to shoot that person to kill him. (then pay the consequences for your actions)

2. Hurricane Katrina

3. humans - each one of us are humans, people/persons...humans are countable.

4. correct

5. eyes=watch, ears=listen

6. taxi cab...they go together, or can be used separately and mean the same thing (in USA).

7. yes...most kitchen towels are used to dry the dishes. different parts of the county (USA) say keitchen towel and others say dish towel.

8. absolutely!! woohoo!! go teachers!

9. usually a collander is used to strain pasta, fresh vegetables, and fruit. a drainer is that little trap with holes in it that you put in the bottom of the sink to keep food from going down the drain when you strain.

10. i say dish washing detergent (or use the brand name, dawn, to refer to any kind that i use...just like using the brand name, kleenex, to refer to any kind of paper tissue that you blow your nose with). different parts of the country call it different things - i've also heard washing soap from the south (pronounced warshing soap).

iitimone7