Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: I'm not in a mood for studying English :)

Come si usa questo "mood"
faccio due tentativi
I'm not in a mood for drinking.
Non sono dell'umore giusto per bere.
Leave me alone! Today I'm in a mood.
Lasciami solo! Oggi non sono dell'umore adatto.
Correct??!?
Altri esempi??
Grazie

Altri esempi??
"I'm in the mood for love / Simply because you're near me"
"You're in a catty mood."
"She's moody."  (i.e. she has a lot of mood swings.)
-az

 
-- 
I am Joey's Cat
Un-not my address, too, if you wanna reply.

 "I am *definitely* in the mood to study English today!" :)
And I am Father Christmas, nice to meet you.
Ciao, FB
-- 
L'importante è che risplenda tu, sola primadonna e immarcescibile leggenda
del tuo pianerottolo.
Lucangel

 And I am Father Christmas, nice to meet you.
Do not stare at me like that, I've forgotten the beard, but I really am
Father Christmas.
Bye, FB
-- 
Mrs. Palmer, in her way, was equally angry. 'She was determined to drop his
acquaintance immediately, and she was very thankful that she had never been
acquainted with him at all'.

 
 
Where's my pony???
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 Bye, FB
Father Bristmas?
-- 
(T)EFL online communities
http://groups.msn.com/TEFL

Where's my pony???
You're a cat, not a tiger! Go eat mice! And no, mouses are made of
plastic, you can't have 'em.
Sebastiano

, Sebapop wrote...
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I (being an expert in these matters) believe that the plural of "mouse" 
is "mice" regardless of whether or not they're flesh and fur or plastic.
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 Father Bristmas?
I've hired some of my neurons. Could you let me get it?
Bye, FB
-- 
Se dico "siedi!" manca l'oggetto.
Siedo chi? Lei o me?
(GC Pillan su it.cultura.linguistica.italiano)

is "mice" regardless of whether or not they're flesh and fur or plastic.
I do say mice too, but I heard that somebody uses the plural form
mouses for computer mice. Never mind, I've never used it and that was
my first time, because I didn't want to write "computer mice". :)
Sebastiano

 Bye, FB
Maybe that joke of mine was too silly. 
Just referring to you initials :-)
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I saw a computer hardware catalogue, in which the word "rodents" was a
category, along with "keyboards". I guess they couldn't choose between
"mouses" and "mice", and chose an alternative.
Joe from Massachusetts

 Just referring to you initials :-)
I have looked it up in hundreds, thousands of dictionaries, and "Bristmas"
just doesn't exist?!
Come to think of it, does "could you let me get it?" has some subtle
meaning? I really don't know, but it seems the sort of ambiguous sentence
that might.
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"mouses" and "mice", and chose an alternative.
LOL!
Sebastiano

 
Scusa FB, è giusto usare 'hire' in quel senso? Non avresti dovuto usare 
'hire out'?
Max

 'hire out'?
Non saprei. La pigrizia è una brüta bèstia, e non ho nemmeno guardato.
Ciao, FB
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Come non conosco quell'espressione ('hired'/'hired out'), dev'essere una 
"Britezza" (may I :) or not?)
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 "Britezza" (may I :) or not?)
hire ['haıə]
verb  [transitive] 
1   to acquire the temporary use of (a thing) or the services of (a person)
in exchange for payment
 
2   to employ (a person) for wages
 
*3*   [*often foll by out*]  to provide (something) or the services of
(oneself or others) for an agreed payment, usually for an agreed period
It's chiefly British, as Jane would have wanted it.
Bye, FB
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Come non conosco quell'espressione ('hired'/'hired out'), dev'essere una
"Britezza" (may I :) or not?)
It seems to me to be a common enough expression in the US. However, the two
meanings are opposite. I think Max was right in his question. To 'hire' is
to rent or employ while to 'hire out' is to rent out or supply to another
party. The British do say 'to hire a taxi' which I would not consider common
usage in the US.

, Tony the ice man wrote...
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Ok, I have heard both usages here, hire/hire out, and I'm in agreement, 
but I didn't understand the OP's meaning: "I've hired some of my neurons. 
Could you let me get it?"
Oh. Never mind. I got it. <doh>
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 Oh. Never mind. I got it. <doh>
Perhaps your brain cells were on vacation and you needed help to get it?

 It's chiefly British, as Jane would have wanted it.
I understand 'hired out' to refer to you doing the hiring of your
stuff. I may hire a trailer to take junk to the dump (oops, transfer
station) , but I would hire out my car (yeah right) to my nephew. And
I would say. "Would you like to hire my car?" 
So don't ask me what the rules (schmules) are...
-- 
              O      __
      ___   /\     / / O  
     /__ \   | \   /  |
    O  /  \ /   \./   |       Loki
        |________ |
 

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But does FB mean he hired some neurons for himself (and thus they are
suspect in quality), or did he hire some out and thus perform below
par?
:-)
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 par?
Both, maybe. He hired out some of his precioussss neurons, and then hired 
some cheap neurons to make up for those temporary unavailable.
Max

 Oh. Never mind. I got it. <doh>
"Ho dato a noleggio ("hired out") alcuni dei miei neuroni. Potresti
aiutarmi a capire la battuta?".
Siccome quando uno capisce una battuta o semplicemente capisce qualcosa
dice, come fai tu qui sopra, "I got it", pensavo fosse possibile dire
"Could you let me get it (the joke)?". Non lo è? Tu cosa diresti?
Ciao, FB
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Perhaps your brain cells were on vacation and you needed help to get it?
Don't forget: it's a cat. [1]
: )
I wonder how it manages to pay the rent, now that poor Joey has turned
himself into sidewalk marmalade. By selling mice to computer stores?
Or did it sell one of its nine souls to the Devil?
(Being a cat has lots of advantages...)
cheers,
Peltio
[1] Ketzl, I do hope you appreciate the fact that I did not write "it's
*just* a cat". Having been owned by a cat, I know that you domestic tigers
can not be *just*... anything.

 "Could you let me get it (the joke)?". Non lo è? Tu cosa diresti?
Si', e' possibile ma non commune. Forse "Can you let me in on it?" 
sarebbe migliore.
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 can not be *just*... anything.
<purrrrrr-r>
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 my first time, because I didn't want to write "computer mice". :)
Long time ago I installed an English operating system on my computer (win2k)
and I can perfectly remember the plural of "mouse" meant as a pointing
device is mice :)

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Heh, mine are always temporarily unavailable. Where's Einstein when I
need him? ;-)
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