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What does "Can the reunion" mean?

I'm seeing the Prison Break movie (season 4 episode 22) and I faced with "Can the reunion" phrase but when I search for its meaning, I couldn't find any thing....

Asked on 02/21/2021 by milad

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pluck up vs gain vs get

What's the difference between the following sentences:1 He finally plucked up enough courage to ask her to marry him.2 He finally gained enough courage to ask her to marry him.3...

Asked on 02/20/2021

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As he's gone/left

Ben enters the restroom, checks for feet under the stalls, then heads back out. As he's gone, a pair of feet appears in a stall and Greg comes out of...

Asked on 02/20/2021 by user118185

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"... not only does it ..." vs. "... not only it ..."?

What structure the two following expressions follow? More specific, what is the role of "does" in the first expression?This is mainly because not only does it positively affect students' opinions,...

Asked on 02/20/2021 by Rwy5

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Do boxing or go boxing?

Looking at https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/to-do-or-go-boxing.1457472/ and http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/vocabulary-verbs-used-to-talk-about-sports-play-do-go/ I found that we should say: "I box". Also it may depend on context. There is a list of...

Asked on 02/20/2021 by CoolMind

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Am I missing something vs anything

"Am I missing something?" or "Am I missing anything?": I can see how there is a subtle difference in the meaning but is one of these idiomatic?...

Asked on 02/19/2021 by Ra.

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For the 20 minutes cooking time

Leave the vegetables to steam over the rice for the 20 minutes cookingtimehttps://www.collinsdictionary.com/es/diccionario/ingles-espanol/cooking-timeShouldn't the phrase be "for the 20 minutes OF cooking time"?...

Asked on 02/18/2021

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Chat to or chat with?

I named my app like Like-minded - find and chat with people having similar interestsOxford dictionary says chat goes with to preposition. But I learnt in school that if communication...

Asked on 02/18/2021 by János

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British English phrase for encouraging normal behaviour?

Is there any short idiomatic phrase in British English for encouraging people to not be annoyingly deviant in talk/behaviour and instead talk/act more like people in general? Also, the...

Asked on 02/17/2021 by Swenglish

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"that are known" vs. "which are known"

From The New York Times:Mr. de Blasio called for stricter laws to curb sexual assaults on crowded trains that are known as grinding.Why do they use that and not which?...

Asked on 02/16/2021

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