alexfabbri/answersumm huggingface dataset:
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <grammar>
Title: I have had enough of eating burgers
Question: I have had enough of eating burgers.   Can we say that if I eat too much burger continuosly through the day and don't want to eat it anymore?

Answers:
sents: text: All of these are acceptable as well as some
text: I'm sure I missed:
text: I ate enough burgers.
text: I have eaten enough burgers.
text: I have had enough burgers.
text: I've eaten plenty of burgers.
text: I don't want anymore.
text: I've had my fill of burgers.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/6277/meer2kat
score: 7
sents: text: Simpler to say: "I have eaten enough burgers today."
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/5985/Gary's Student
score: 3
sents: text: I would say: "I have eaten my fill of burgers today."
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/6525/Elian
score: 3
sents: text: As other people have indicated, there are several different ways this sort of thing can be said, but it's worth noting that some of them can have slightly different implications or impressions on the listener.
text: "I've had enough of (something)
text: " generally means that you've experienced so much of something that even thinking about it brings up bad feelings for you now.
text: For example: I've had enough of eating burgers.
text: I don't want to eat another one as long as I live!
text: On the other hand, saying something like "I've eaten enough burgers" or "I've had enough burgers" is a less strong statement, and might just mean that you're satisfied with the amount you've eaten and don't feel a need to eat more right now:
text: I've eaten enough burgers recently.
text: I think I'll have something else for dinner.
text: or I've had enough burgers today, but if you really want to go to the burger place, I suppose I could eat another one.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/6310/Foogod
score: 3
sents: text: Saying you already ate a food today is a common way of saying you don't want to eat any more.
text: I already ate burgers today.
text: People often use this construction with yesterday as well.
text: The meaning is the same, since the speaker ate burgers yesterday the listener knows they probably don't want any today either.
text: It is too soon to eat the same food again.
text: I had burgers yesterday.
text: The construction you used "I have had enough of eating burgers.
text: " is correct, but has a different meaning!
text: That sentnece means that you ate burgers so often (maybe every day for a year) and now you can't eat any more.
text: They don't taste good to you anymore.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/4301/Phil
score: 2
sents: text: I'd say I am fed up with burgers for today
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/79638/Gio
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Alternative ways to say this include: I already ate a burger today; I am fed up with burgers for today; I have eaten enough burgers today; or I have eaten my fill of burgers today.
I have eaten enough/my fill, being fed up, saying you already ate something are all appropriate.
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <terminology>
Title: How to call people with two racial backgrounds in English?
Question: My mother is an American and my father is a Chinese, is there a term for people with two racial backgrounds in English?  Update: Is "halfer" a good word for it? Is it kinda derogatory?

Answers:
sents: text: The term I'm familiar with is 'biracial.'
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/8501/Obfuskater
score: 11
sents: text: Sometimes, if one of the two racial backgrounds goes back many generations (i.e., is considered to be more or less homogenous), we might self-identify as
text: I'm half ~~~~~~.
text: For instance, someone might want to describe themself as half-Chinese or half-Lithuanian.
text: I use the latter for myself, because it is true.
text: Half-American does not work, because American is not a race in this sense.
text: But a lot of people might wish to refer to themself as (for example) half-Irish , half-Greek , half-Italian , half Japanese , half-Cherokee , etc.
text: I am talking about people referring to themselves.
text: For someone to self-identify as half-something is usually a sign that they value that racial or genetic component of their background.
text: In other words, it is a term that is used positively.
text: People can also refer to others as half-something, which may or may not be true, and may or may not be intended as a kind statement.
text: Cautian: We have the term half-breed , which also refers to someone who is considered (rightly or wrongly) to be half something.
text: It is an offensive term, a racial slur, and pretty much no longer used in today's English.
text: But it is encased in our popular culture, largely due to cowboy-and-Indian movies , where you might hear the term half-breed used to describe someone who is half-American Indian and half-something else.
text: In the 1970s television show, Kung Fu , the main character is half-Chinese and half-Caucasian American.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 3
sents: text: Here we say mixed ethnicity.
text: The term mixed race,
text: although implied, would not be used officially in a multicultural society since it might offend.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/8608/doc
score: 1
sents: text: You can use the term Eurasian for someone who is half Asian, half European.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/6472/Dangph
score: 1
sents: text: The term dual heritage is also used in public services to describe someone with two ethnicities.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/11561/Harry
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Mixed ethnicity, biracial, dual heritage can be used to describe someone with two racial backgrounds. The term  Eurasian can be used  for someone who is half Asian, half European.
Biracial and mixed ethnicity can work, as well as dual heritage. Eurasian is one example.
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <word-choice><prepositions>
Title: She has been oversleeping on or in the train and missing her stops - which is the correct preposition?
Question: She has been oversleeping  on  the train and missing her stops.  She has been oversleeping  in  the train and missing her stops.   Which is the correct  preposition  in the sentences above?

Answers:
sents: text: It's a tricky question.
text: Generally, we travel by vehicles.
text: Thus, "I came by car" , even though you are in the car.
text: For most public transport such as trains and buses, we do things on them.
text: That is - '
text: We read books on trains/planes'
text: In your question, the medium of transportation is a train and thus, it'd take on as a preposition.
text: She has been oversleeping on the train and missing her stops.
text: However, in is possible if you further describe the location in the train.
text: She has been oversleeping in the train
text: compartment and missing her stops.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/3187/Maulik V
score: 6
sents: text: In British English we travel/go by most vehicles (train, bus, car, plane)
text: but we sit, stand, read books, etc, on the train, bus or plane (but in the car)
text: [see Swan, Practical English Usage (2005.81)].
text: We would therefore normally (over)sleep on the train.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/11291/tunny
score: 5
sents: text: Thinking about aircraft, I fly on a large aircraft, in a small one.
text: The difference is whether I can stand up inside; equivalently, whether I walk aboard or seat myself from a standing position on the adjacent ground.
text: The same is applicable to boats.
text: Trains have room to stand up, so one is always on them, even when asleep.
text: These are the usages that feel right to me.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/11563/Ronald Davis
score: 3
sents: text: As long as you use "on" for a bus, train, plane to travel, it means in/into.
text: It doesn't necessarily mean its roof.
text: (Keep it in mind that you get on a bus, plane or train; similarly, when you are travelling, you are on it).
text: (Please see Macmillan or Oxford in this connection).
text: So the correct sentence is "She has been oversleeping on the train and missing her stops".
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/9259/Khan
score: 1
sents: text: In addition to the other answers, as a native speaker (of American English), the preposition "on" in this context makes me think of travel, as in "on a journey".
text: If I was sleeping in a train car that was sitting on some land, rather than train tracks, for example, I would use "in".
text: I believe the reason is because it wouldn't be a vehicle in that case.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/8397/James
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
The correct sentence is "She has been oversleeping on the train and missing her stops". The medium of transportation is a train so it takes  on  as a preposition.
On' is the correct preposition as the medium of transport is a train.
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <vocabulary>
Title: Looking for a word that describes an inherent problem in a product
Question: I think there is a word to describe that a certain problem in a product was cause by a defect that inherently existed in the product from the start as opposed to something that broke during the usage of the product.  Inherent is close, but I think there is some more precise word for it.

Answers:
sents: text: In the UK we'd say a product 'has a design flaw' or 'is inherently faulty/flawed,'
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/19309/Steve Ives
score: 5
sents: text: I don't see that "inherent" is imprecise.
text: It's derived from the Latin for "sticking to", so it has the meaning of inextricable.
text: You could use "intrinsic", which carries the connotation of "essentially inside".
text: Or "innate", which has the meaning of instilled from the beginning, i.e., "from birth".
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/20511/deadrat
score: 2
sents: text: The word intrinsic describes the inbuilt nature of something.
text: A flaw from the design would be intrinsic to the product.
text: It is a part of the product itself, not something added later by wear and tear.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/4376/Chenmunka
score: 2
sents: text: The other answers give 'inherent' and 'intrinsic'.
text: This would usually be used to refer to problems that are an accepted part of the design of the product.
text: The 640KB limit was an inherent limitation of MS-DOS.
text: A design defect is a flaw in the design of the product, which prevents the product from functioning in the intended manner.
text: A manufacturing defect is a flaw in the product that was introduced during the manufacture of said product.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/6870/Taemyr
score: 1
sents: text: I think that Flaw, as in a Flawed diamond, describes an inherent problem well in fewer words.
text: Inherent is a good word to describe the flaw, but you didn't say if the flaw was of design or manufacturing.
text: If you're attempting to get redress, it's important to distinguish a "manufacturing flaw" (they messed up making it) as opposed to a design flaw (this item was poorly conceived).
text: The former is much more likely to get immediate redress, but the second at best will cause a new model or version.
text: If the product is software you can also use the word "bug" to describe any error that occurs.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/20836/Eric Brown - Cal
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Inherent or instrinsic are good words to describe the flaw. You might say a product "has a design flaw" or "is inherently faulty/flawed". If the product is software you can also use the word "bug" to describe any error that occurs.
Flaw, intrinsic and inherent work well. For software, bug can be used.
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <sentence-construction>
Title: I'll make "all my effort" to do that - acceptable idiom?
Question: If I say:    I'll make " all my effort " to come on the time"   Is it considered an acceptable / correct English?

Answers:
sents: text: No, but we might use the phrase "every effort": "
text: I will make every effort to be there on time."
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/24095/vstrong
score: 14
sents: text: No, it's not!
text: I'll try my best to be on time.
text: I'm going to try to come on time.
text: Never use "on the time" like that.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/24259/V2k
score: 6
sents: text: In order to discover if this is acceptable/correct English, let's break it down into small phrases: I'll make Good so far.
text: What are you making?
text: all my effort
text: This is strange.
text: This claims that you have a pile of effort, and you can take from and add to it, and you're talking about the entire pile.
text: Alone, this is a good analogy.
text: However, when we look at these together: I'll make all my effort
text: This says that you are starting with zero effort in your pile, and you're going to make all of it.
text: That doesn't make much sense.
text: A better alternative is use or give instead of make .
text: Let's move on to the rest of the sentence: to come Alight
text: , that's okay.
text: To where are you coming? on the time
text: Here's where it gets silly.
text: This makes it seem like you're starting where you are, and your destination is "the time".
text: Also, "to come on" has a rare, but lewd definition (see Wiktionary's 5 th verb definition ), so you shouldn't say you come on something.
text: So what is a good alternative to to come on the time ?
text: Well, let's go back.
text: to come was fine, and I asked "To where are you coming?".
text: Let's answer that with in .
text: "Where are you coming?"
text: "I'm coming in!"
text: Now I can ask "When are you coming in?", and you can answer with on time , meaning that when you come in, it will be at the correct time.
text: Putting it all together, here's what you probably want to say: I'll give all my effort to come in on time.
text: Perfect!
text: You've got a pile of effort, and you're giving all of it in your attempt to go from where you are to here at the correct time.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/22441/Supuhstar
score: 3
sents: text: No.
text: A better way to say it would be 'I will do my best to be on time'
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/24258/Barrie van Boven
score: 2
sents: text: You could also use "best efforts" "I'll make best efforts to come on time"or"I'll make my best efforts to come on time"
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/24269/Kialandei
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
That would not be correct, but you might say "I will  do my best  to be on time", "I'll make my best effort to be on time", "I'll try my best to be on time" or "I'll make every effort to come on time".
All the effort' and 'on the time' are incorrect. You could say 'I will try/do my best to be on time' or 'I'll make best efforts to be on time'.
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <idioms>
Title: he became firm friend or friends?
Question: I was reading BBC culture page (  See   Here  ). In the middle of the text, we see :   He became firm  friends  with the Shakespeare and Company owner in a relationship that lasted until his death 40 years later.    Q1: Does the writer make mistake ?  Q2: Why the writer have used plural form of "Friend" ?   Thanks

Answers:
sents: text: To be friends with, to become friends with, or to make friends with are idiomatic phrases.
text: If somebody is your friend, you can say you are friends with him.
text: If you want to start a friendly relationship with a person or persons, you can say that you want to become friends or make friends with him or them accordingly.
text: So the use of friends in the sentence presented by the writer is correct grammatically.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/9259/Khan
score: 9
sents: text: The writer is correct here.
text: The plural is being used because there are two people becoming friends with each other: "he" and the owner.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/25092/Potato Chip
score: 6
sents: text: You're right.
text: "I" can't be friends, and "he" can't be friends.
text: The implication is that " we are friends."
text: Hence the plural for "friends.
text: "
text: This is just how the expression is built.
text: You can find it in the Merriam-Webster dictionary .
text: If you want to use the singular, you'd have to use "of": I'm a friend of sb.
text: This is a more distant/less colloquial way of presenting yourself.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/21189/Alex K
score: 3
sents: text: To be friends with, to become friends with are idiomatic phrases; you cannot say to be friend with or to become friend with.
text: If somebody is your friend, you can also say that you are friends with them, for example, "I am friends with Peter"/"She is friends with Sara".
text: Please see the Free Dictionary listing .
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/9259/Khan
score: 3
sents: text: "to be friends with someone" seems to be an idiom of AmE.
text: The Free Dictionary quotes the AHD.
text: Oald does not have this idiom.
text: It may be that "to be friends with" derives from "to be in friendship with".
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/4159/rogermue
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
To be friends with, or to become friends with are idiomatic phrases - you cannot say to be friend with or to become friend with.  Therefore, the use of friends in the sentence presented by the writer is correct grammatically.
This is correct as an idiomatic phrase.
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <word-request>
Title: Looking for a word - prince's clothes
Question: Please think of fairytales... What word would you use when you refer to a prince's clothes? Is it a  dress ?

Answers:
sents: text: If you want a term to describe all of a prince's clothing, I would use finery .
text: finery Expensive or ostentatious clothes or decoration: officers in their blue, gold, and scarlet finery http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/finery
text: But if you're looking for the 'dress' part of a fairytale prince's clothes, I think it would be tunic .
text: tunic A loose garment, typically sleeveless and reaching to the knees, as worn in ancient Greece and Rome.
text: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/tunic
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/24987/Graham Nicol
score: 5
sents: text: Regalia the special clothes that are worn or objects that are carried at official ceremonies - oxforddictionaries.com
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/24861/Lawrence
score: 2
sents: text: "Raiment" is often used in this context.
text: "Tunic" refers to a particular garment; "raiment" is more general.
text: "Garb" or "dress" (without an article) is a rather drab abstract noun for what a person is wearing.
text: One does not refer to "a garb".
text: "A dress" (or using "the" to refer to a particular "garment") means an item of clothing that is normally worn by women.
text: Thus, "a dress" is inappropriate for a (male) prince, unless he is pretending to be a woman.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/9100/Jasper
score: 2
sents: text: If I was writing a story I would refer to the Prince's costume .
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/20600/Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩
score: 1
sents: text: If you're looking for a catch-all for what the prince is wearing, consider attire .
text: The prince's attire was befitting a man of his station.
text: If you're trying to find what clothes the prince was wearing, that would be dependent on where the prince was and what his local region wore.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/26/corsiKa
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Regalia, raiment, finery and attire are all words that may be used to describe a prince's clothes.
Regalia, raiment, attire and finery are options.
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <pronunciation>
Title: How to pronounce "friends"?
Question: So I can pronounce  friend  just fine. But when you add an  s  to it how do you transition from the  d  sound to the  s  sound? Do you just ignore the  d  altogether?

Answers:
sents: text: You may pronounce it with a stopped /d/ or without it—/frɛndz/ or frɛnz/—in practice, nobody will notice.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/32/StoneyB on hiatus
score: 44
sents: text: Not much of a transition needed.
text: Compare with the word cards , it does not become cars .
text: If your native language does not have that 'ds' sound/transition, I can understand that it might be hard for you to pronounce it.
text: In that case you can get away with frɛnz
text: just make sure you get that z-sound.
text: You could maybe get away with frɛntz if you say it fast but that might sound a bit Germanish.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/716/Viktor Mellgren
score: 14
sents: text: The ds at the end becomes a z sounds, like zoo
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/10325/jgritty
score: 6
sents: text: It is pronounced with the affricate [d͡z].
text: A good way of thinking of it is as the "j" sound /d͡ʒ/
text: but with your tongue at the location of /d/, either touching the back of your teeth or closely behind them.
text: Also, make sure to only touch the roof of your mouth with the tip of your tongue.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/11259/Brett Yarberry
score: 3
sents: text: This is very accent specific and there's no real "wrong" way within the following z - the D is softened to the point that the ds becomes a Z sound Dz - the D is slightly softened, but the D is still pronounced.
text: The S becomes a Z sound Dss/tss - the S becomes almost a hiss, with the D remaining fairly sharp and the D almost resembling a T ss - as above, the s becomes a hiss but the D is softened or almost entirely dropped
text: My own accent (one of the many North-Western English accents) mostly uses the latter two
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/11224/Jon Story
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
Not much of a transition is needed. The  ds  at the end becomes a  z  sound, like  zoo. It is pronounced with the affricate [d͡z].
Not much of a transition is needed, it is pronounced with the affricate [dz].
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <sentence-construction><articles><definite-article>
Title: Am I overusing "the" in this sentence?
Question: For some reason I feel its overkilling on the use of article(the) here,    To refine the results, please use the categories on the left   Can someone help?

Answers:
sents: text: In my opinion, the phrases: 'the results' - refers to the specific results that will be refined; 'the categories', - refers to the specific (provided) categories; and, 'the left' - refers to the specific side (i.e., not the right side, not the top, etc.).
text: So, I don't think the word 'the' is overused.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/21978/shin
score: 24
sents: text: As others have said, your sentence is fine, as-is.
text: However, you might change it to "To refine your results, please use the categories on the left."
text: This would mitigate your concerns with the repeated "the".
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/27099/Chris Goldman
score: 7
sents: text: As a native speaker, I can definitely say 'the' is not overused in this sentence.
text: The is one of the most common words in the English language, so often in fact you might use the word 'the' over 5,000 times in one day.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/27100/nkeck72
score: 5
sents: text: @shin is correct, the sentence is fine.
text: To refine results, please use categories on the left. is equivalent, but the difference is stylistic.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/26439/Peter
score: 1
sents: text: @shin is correct.
text: "The" is used three times in the sentence.
text: Each time "the" is used, the word that follows "the" gets qualified, becomes specific.
text: The sentence is ok.
text: There is no overuse of "the".
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/26435/Dinesh Kumar Garg
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Your sentence is fine, as it is. There is no overuse of "the".
The sentence is fine as it is. 'The' is not overused.
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <phrase-request><politeness>
Title: Translation of "Why for you". (Softer, politer synonyms for "It's not your business")
Question: The title really sounds silly but it is  true  translation from local language to English. I believe (and sure) it's not correct.  Can someone suggest to me the correct word (phrase)?  The intention is: "Its not your business".  The context: dialogue between two school children. The point is, one meddles in other's business.

Answers:
sents: text: You need a polite version.
text: Okay, there could be several ways to tell that.
text: Here are a few alternatives to 'none of your business' that come to my mind.
text: I think I can tackle it in my own ways
text: I don't think I need help
text: , I can handle it well Thanks for the suggestion, but no thanks To me, these are less severe than telling 'none of your business' straightforwardly.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/3187/Maulik V
score: 6
sents: text: What's it to you?
text: Why, what's it to you?
text: How is this any of your business?
text: Why are you so concerned?
text: Don't worry about it.
text: (This is actually very obnoxious if you think about, but many people fail to notice the connotation).
text: You don't need this.
text: Take your pick.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/27173/Ricky
score: 3
sents: text: While I agree with you that "It's none of your business" is rather terse and can be seen to be impolite, I don't think there is a single phrase that literally means the same but is seen more formal and polite.
text: A short explanation why a question is off limits, however, allows the conversation (or the person asking) to move on.
text: You can give a vague, one or two word answer to the question to close the issue, but you probably won't have to.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/27395/gnyrinn
score: 2
sents: text: The situation you are dealing with will have a lot to do with what polite terms will work.
text: My favorite is "I appreciate your offer to help, but I need to work on this on my own for now."
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/27403/Bill Linder
score: 1
sents: text: This is none of your concern.
text: This is not relevant to you.
text: This probably isn't relevant to you.
text: (softer)
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/16353/Stumbler
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
"What's it to you?", "How is this any of your business?", "Why are you so concerned?" and "Don't worry about it" are all suggested alternatives to "It's not your business"
There are no perfect alternatives, though you could use 'what's it to you', why are you so concerned' and 'don't worry about it'.
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <word-choice><complements><homophones>
Title: Can I say to my girlfriend "You are my whole"?
Question: I want to say to my girlfriend that she is everything for me. And my question is if I can say her this thing by the sentence "You are my whole".  I made a little googling about but I didn't find a clear answer.

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sents: text: The more idiomatic expressions that you hear used are "You make me whole" and "You complete me".
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/5647/Boluc Papuccuoglu
score: 13
sents: text: I had to think a bit about why that sounds funny to me.
text: While whole is indeed both an adjective and a noun, so there isn't anything grammatically wrong with the sentence, the question "your whole what?" comes to mind.
text: This is the reason for Subjunctive's comment.
text: While we see what you are driving at, we just don't say this.
text: She is your whole something , such as world or life.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/1883/BobRodes
score: 8
sents: text: "You complete me" would be very proper, but "You are my whole", based on the tendency of most to take things in a sexual nature might lead to you getting slapped...
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/28663/Jeremy
score: 5
sents: text: "You are my whole" is not an English idiom, nor is it a complete sentence.
text: Here are some similar poetic statements:
text: There is a song titled You are my everything.
text: There is a popular country song whose refrain includes the lines:
text: There goes my life.
text: My future, my everything.
text: And another popular song 's refrain includes the lines: you are the one That I've been searching for my whole life through In American culture, if a young man says something like this to his girlfriend, he is taking a big risk.
text: Many women want a man who has a life of his own, and is not dependent on a particular woman for his happiness.
text: They appreciate it if they can make him happy -- but they might think less of him if he is not confident that he "can survive" "with or without" her.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/9100/Jasper
score: 4
sents: text: In writing it sounds weird (because if she is "whole" it means that she's better off without you, so "my whole" makes no sense), and phonetically it's completely rude and vulgar.
text: I suggest you look for some other expression.
text: There are a few good ones in other answers.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/28665/user28665
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
You are my whole is not an English idiom, nor is it a complete sentence. Also, phonetically sounds rude and vulgar.  The more idiomatic expressions that you hear used are "You make me whole" and "You complete me".
You are my whole' does not sound right. 'You complete me' and 'you make me whole' are good alternatives.
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Title: What do we call the gesture of hitting each other's fists gently?
Question: We all know shaking hands or a handshake. There, we 'shake hands'.  There's one more gesture I do. I gently  punch  other's fist.   Something like this -   What do we call this gesture as  a noun ?    They close the deal with  a handshake  The close the deal with  (a?)  ____________   Also, as  a verb?   Whenever we meet, we  shake hands  Whenever we meet, we ___________   If there's no single word, a couple would do.

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sents: text: It's called a fist bump .
text: It's also known as pound or dap .
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/21978/shin
score: 54
sents: text: I agree with the dominant answer, but to be a tad more pedantic:
text: We call this gesture, as a noun:
text: They close the deal with a handshake .
text: The close the deal with a fist-bump .
text: As a verb: Whenever we meet, we shake hands .
text: Whenever we meet, we bump fists .
text: QED.
text: ps:
text: A fist-bump is demonstrably cleaner than a handshake, epidemiologically .
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/32841/Alpinwolf
score: 8
sents: text: Aside from the more formal "fist bump", a more slang term is brofist .
text: this term is quite popular online, to the point that major Youtube celebrity Pewdiepie made it part of the title of his videogame.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/8368/Nzall
score: 2
sents: text: If your business is with a male fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, then it is customary to seal the deal with a "brohoof" -
text: again, this is just for brony business.
text: Urban Dictionary: brohoof:
text: Friendly gesture between one brony and another in the form of connecting knuckles together (or hoofs).
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/32878/Brohoof
score: 1
sents: text: They closed the deal with a handshake.
text: The closed the deal with (a) fistbump .
text: Whenever we meet, we shake hands.
text: Whenever we meet, we fistbump .
text: This is a really informal gesture, so I don't think it could be used to close deals.
text: Since it's informal, I don't think there's any proper conjugation for it either, but it would probably follow the conjugation of the word bump .
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/32918/cathygomez
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
This is known as a fist bump, brofist or brohoof.
This is an informal gesture known as a fist bump. It can also be referred to as a brofist or brohoof (male My Little Pony fans).
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Title: What do we call the small towel that we use only for hands
Question: What do we call the small towel that we use only on our hands (not the big one that we use on our body after a shower)? It usually hangs beside the basin.

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sents: text: It is called, not surprisingly, a hand towel .
text: Here's an example of the phrase in live usage: Macy's hand towels .
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/15971/stangdon
score: 81
sents: text: It is called a "hand towel" if used for drying the hands or face.
text: A similar but smaller towel is called a "wash cloth" (AmE) or a "flannel" (BrE) if used for washing the hands, face, or body.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/42184/Andrew
score: 19
sents: text: There are five sizes of towel that I've heard people refer to commonly: washcloth : the smallest, usually used for cleaning/scrubbing, not drying (there is no distinction made between a washcloth for cleaning the body or, for instance, a kitchen, but they would still be different items in a real house) hand towel: small towel, for drying hands, usually next to a sink bath towel: similar to hand towel in function, but slightly larger towel:
text: larger, this is the type you dry with after a shower beach towel: the largest, intended for use on a sandy beach, often has a more colorful design that the bathroom version
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/49582/Peyton B
score: 12
sents: text: I would call that a flannel.
text: Often used for washing your face whilst in the bath.
text: EDIT Flannel actually refers to an even smaller cloth - see Dog Lover's comment.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/50737/Sam Drew
score: 3
sents: text: We always just called it a Handtowel (South and Midwest), Bathtowel, (the big one for drying the body after the bath)
text: washcloth (the smallest of them all)
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/50853/James
score: 2
sents: text: In Australian usage, at least:the small cloth for washing one's face is a washer, or face washer;the small towel for drying hands and face is a hand towel;the standard sized towel is a bath towel;and a larger towel is a beach towel.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/50869/Keith Anker
score: 2
sents: text: Two other terms I have heard would be "face cloth" or "wash rag.
text: " I do not know how widespread these terms are.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/38004/ttw
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
This is generally known as a hand towel. Some people may call it a flannel or a wash-rag.
In English speaking countries, it is commonly known as a "hand towel", a small towel that can usuallybe found beside the sink. Some people also call it a "flannel". Two other terms for this size of towel are "face cloth" or "wash rag".
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Title: Is there a word for losing something in order to gain some other thing?
Question: For example I want increase the speed of a memory system in a computer but this will cost more money or decreasing the capacity will also gain more speed.  So I have to lose capacity and money in order to gain speed.More general example,  when losing one quality in return gaining other quality in more technical perspective usage .  So I'm wondering if there is a word out there for this?

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sents: text: Trade-off A trade-off (or tradeoff) is a situation that involves losing one quality or aspect of something in return for gaining another quality or aspect.
text: More colloquially, if one thing increases, some other thing must decrease.
text: From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade-off
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/55363/Lunakshc
score: 65
sents: text: So I have to sacrifice capacity in order to gain speed.
text: Sacrifice: give up (something valued) for the sake of other considerations.
text: " Sacrifice ," Verb, Definition 2, Google
text: So I have to compromise capacity in order to gain speed.
text: Compromise: expediently accept standards that are lower than is desirable.
text: " Compromise ," Verb, Definition 2, Google
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/46453/Teacher KSHuang
score: 43
sents: text: Not a singular word, but the phrase “opportunity cost” describes this situation well.
text: “The opportunity cost of higher speed is a loss of capacity.”
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/55383/Andrew
score: 7
sents: text: The verb “to gambit” comes from the world of chess and is sometimes employed in other field.
text: “He gambits this in order to get that.”
text: The root of the word is the Italian ‘gambetto.’
text: In the Oxford English dictionary I could only find gambit as a noun, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it used as a verb in a phrase as well.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/55369/Evargalo
score: 5
sents: text: I kind of like the word 'compensation' for this, though there is some nuance.
text: It's used in chess as well
text: : He sacrificed his rook but his position is better so he has compensation.
text: It's used in other contexts as well of course: I was compensated.
text: (implies an original loss of something, potentially time or materials)
text: In your example: We will have less capacity, but this is compensated by an increase in speed.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/55382/Dries De Rydt
score: 2
sents: text: The traditional phrase is "a sprat to catch a mackerel".
text: This dates from the mid 19th century—for example, see this Oxford Reference —and is still current: for example as the title of a book published in 2010 .
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/9473/John Bentin
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
"Compensation" is used in this context, as it implies an original loss of something, possibly time or materials.   Another saying is "using a sprat to catch a mackerel".
The word 'compensation' is used in other contexts as well as in chess
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Title: How to say "this number is the most frequent" in one word?
Question: Let's say I have the next array of 9 numbers: 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1. I want to say that 2 has the highest frequency in the array. But I thought I could write this in one word. I also thought of "2 is the most frequent". Which is the best way to say that a number is the most frequent in an array?

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sents: text: Two is the most frequent (spelled frequent ) sounds fine to me.
text: Alternatively, you could write something like
text: The number two is the most frequent value in the given array.
text: I think the "one word" you are looking for is mode .
text: It is mathematical terminology.
text: In the given array, two is the mode .
text: mode
text: The mode is the value that appears most often in a set of data.
text: (Wikipedia)
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/36187/Em.
score: 63
sents: text: " Most frequent " seems reasonable to me.
text: If you really need a single word for some reason, you could choose commonest : commonest superlative form of common :
text: most common.
text: common Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual. For a mathematically-rigorous word
text: , you should use mode : mode ( statistics )
text: The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/44500/Toby Speight
score: 17
sents: text: Some more suitable words: Predominant, Preponderant, Principal.
text: All can be used to mean "most frequent", and are better known than "mode" (
text: which is rarely if ever used by anyone who isn't a mathematician) while also sounding more professional than something like "commonest".
text: E.g. "The preponderant number is 2".
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/18154/Benubird
score: 3
sents: text: You could say " prevalent " or " abound "
text: For arrays the fixed phrase
text: "most frequent value" is widely used.
text: In mathematics the term "mode" is common.
text: Here's a good explanation of what a mode is - Most frequent values in array .
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/44134/SovereignSun
score: 2
sents: text: As the question mentions an array of numbers, seems to me mode is absolutely the correct answer (and had I got here quicker
text: I think that would have been my one-word answer).
text: This used to be taught at primary level in the UK (until 2015), so not obscure terminology :)
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/55730/Will Crawford
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Predominant, preponderant, principal, prevalent are all suggested. However, in mathematics the term  "mode"  is common.
Some more suitable words: predominant, preponderant, principal. All can be used to mean "most frequent"
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Title: What is the cover of the head of a pen called in English?
Question: What is the cover of the head of a pen called in English?   In my native language it is simply called a cover.

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sents: text: It is called a pen cap
text: Do you know where the cap for this pen is? is an often heard question for small children after they've been drawing.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/26439/Peter
score: 67
sents: text: There are a few different names for it, which vary in preference depending on your locale.
text: I've heard pen cap and pen lid , and while doing some further research on this question top seems to be a word used as well.
text: For the most part they can be used interchangeably, though some people will insist lid is incorrect.
text: Lid is the natural word for me, so your mileage may vary.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/54646/Cantalouping
score: 32
sents: text: In England, pen lid tends to be preferred, with pen cap also being used.
text: This may be subject to regional or age difference though (Britain has a very high level of regional difference).
text: Pen top would be least common.
text: It would possibly be used to indicate the top end of a pen distinct from its bottom, but very unlikely to be used to refer to the lid itself.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/9111/Pharap
score: 16
sents: text: I would call this a cap in American English.
text: In American English
text: a lid is often thought of as a flat item that covers something.
text: It often snaps or holds in place somehow.
text: For instance, the floppy plastic cover on top of a can of peanuts would be a lid.
text: A cap has similar purpose to a lid, but it is slightly different in that a cap will typically completely encompass the object that it is covering, whereas a lid usually rests on top.
text: Webster's defines a cap this way: Something that serves as a cover or protection especially for a tip, knob, or end Source
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/48982/Chris Schneider
score: 14
sents: text: Pen top is also used by native speakers.
text: As in: Where is the top of this pen ? and Have you seen my pen top ?
text: I've used it on two continents and no one has indicated my dialect usage is not natural.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/20600/Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
Pen cap, pen top and pen lid are all used.
In England,  pen lid  tends to be preferred, with  pen cap  also being used.
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Title: Does the English language have a word explaining a song in your head that you can't stop singing?
Question: Sometimes after listening to a popular song you can't stop repeating it in your head. Is there any term for this in English? You can't say the same in Russian using one word.

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sents: text: You can use " Earworm " which means: a song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/48965/helen
score: 104
sents: text: You could say the song is "stuck in your head".
text: I haven't found a dictionary listing the phrase, but here's a Time article on the subject, with the title "Why Do Songs Get Stuck In Your Head?"
text: For example usage, to express "after listening to a popular song you can't stop repeating it in your head" I would say: I heard [popular song] on the radio, and now it's stuck in my head.
text: "Earworm" is a very related term.
text: Essentially, if a song gets stuck in peoples' heads frequently then it can be called an earworm.
text: On the other hand, the phrase "stuck in your head" is how you talk about a specific time when it happened, such as "it's stuck in my head right now" or "it was stuck in my head when I left yesterday".
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/59254/Kamil Drakari
score: 50
sents: text: The German Wikipedia on "Ohrwurm" lists earworm as a loanword from German.
text: To be more precise, it is a calque (thanks @PLL), a word for word translation of the two parts Ohr and Wurm (ear and worm).
text: It also has other suggestions:
text: sticky music, head music and the English Wikipedia on loanwords calls it catchy tune.
text: Based on the comments by two native speakers and their up votes - those suggestions are even less used.
text: Catchy tune is better used for an appealing and memorable tune rather than a song which is stuck in your head at the moment.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/70410/Arsenal
score: 12
sents: text: Another term I've hear used is " song virus ".
text: Surprisingly to me, I couldn't find this listed anywhere other than Urban Dictionary , but it's definitely a usage I've heard as an American native speaker.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/31687/fyrepenguin
score: 1
sents: text: You can use hook : Catchy part of a song that draws in the listener, not necessarily the chorus.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/81080/Wladislove Schegoleff
score: 1
sents: text: The word I've heard is " earbug ".
text: Here's the example there: Person 1
text: : Why are you acting so weird?
text: Person 2:
text: Sorry, I have an earbug.
text: I can't get this stupid Metallica song out of my head.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/71131/KYHSGeekCode
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
A song that is "stuck in your head" can be described as an"earworm" or "earbug". A song can also  be described as having a "hook" or beign "catchy".
Earworm, earbug, song virus, stuck in my head.