I woke up with/at/to the sound of... - WordReference Forums
2007年8月4日 · I woke up to the sound of the alarm clock is OK but I would prefer I was woken up by the alarm clock. I woke up to the sound of something almost sounds as if you woke up naturally and heard the sound as you were waking up. I awoke to the sound of birds singing. I awoke to the sound of the kids arguing.
the sound of a siren - WordReference Forums
2009年3月26日 · LOL, yeah, your siren's sound is much more impressive than mine's I checked some notes I had about onomatopoeias in English and saw that for siren said "Rrrrr", that0s why I put it here
Did you hear the alarm go off (went off, going off)
2019年4月11日 · 'to go off' is the verb, meaning to sound (or ring, in the case of a bell), used in the infinitive after 'Did' in a question. 'Did you hear the alarm went off?' would mean: "Did you hear that the alarm went off?" (in other words, you may not have heard the alarm yourself, but did somebody tell you that it went off?)
Difference in pronunciation between: a, á, ã, â and à
2014年9月11日 · 1. "á and à" are the same, but just "á" does not exist. When using just the character "a", the correct is "à".
all over the world / around the world | WordReference Forums
2012年9月5日 · The 2nd one sounds a little unnatural to me, but the following sentences sound fine. Ex) I traveled all over the world when I was a student. I traveled around the world when I was a student. Maybe they are almost the same?
What to call words like uh, um, uh-huh, hmm - WordReference …
2006年12月5日 · They are called vocalized pauses. My boyfriend, who is a journalist, once interviewed a writer he respected immensely — and, in the published transcript of the interview, he left in a few of the times the man said "you know," "like," "mmh" and "ah."
Why does English use both c and k for the same sound?
2017年10月24日 · Yes, Caesar or Cicero for that matter would have been pronounced with the /k/ sound. In later Latin and French, this sound became /s/ before /i/ and /e/. Because of this rule that influenced English, it became untenable to spell cynn (kin), cynd (kind) or cennan (ken) with <c>. (One exception is Celt where it is still often pronounced with a /k ...
Do concerns lay or lie? - WordReference Forums
2010年9月28日 · Here I use concern with a meaning closer to "involvement" than "alarm", it is a very theoretical essay. I'm sure it's not the best I can come up with, so any alternative phrasing would be welcome too, but really now I'd like to know who's right and who's wrong! Thanks!
Pronunciation of "o", "ó" and "ô" - WordReference Forums
2010年3月28日 · In the final position, the "o" is always reduced to a "u" sound; when in the middle of the word, it can be either open, closed or nasal (you know the sound is nasal when "o" is followed by the letters "m" or "n" in the same syllable). Olho (eye): first "o" is closed, second "o" reduced to "u" Olhos (eyes): first "o" open, second reduced
in the morning/ at the morning/ at morning - WordReference …
2007年10月2日 · Hi everybody, I've got a query about when that we talk about a special part of a day..like morning. I Know that the right way is to say "In the morning" , this sentence sound right from what I know but I learn that "at" is to specific time.. but that's very specific, so It has to be "at the morning" or " at light" so why "In" Is right, I mean that "In" Is for very nonspecific time and …