2012年2月23日 · He's angry. He's been angry. But the third one is incorrect. You cannot shorten "he has a house" to "he's a house." You can only shorten "he has got a house" to "he's got a house." [Again, note what @Optimal Cynic claims] More examples: Correct: I have an apple. Correct: I have got an apple. Correct: I've got an apple. Incorrect: I've an apple.

2023年2月18日 · I like him; he's good people. Green's Dictionary of Slang says: good people (n.) (also fine people, nice...) an admirable individual; a member of one’s peer group; less common is the antithetical bad people. The earliest example it gives is from 1893: ‘Good people’ is a universal expression applied alike to an individual and a company.

2017年9月1日 · I heard this expression in the TV series Better Call Saul. A character spoke to a secretary, and he seemed annoyed. After he spoke to her chief and said "your secretary is a real pip". What that ...

2012年2月23日 · E.g. “What’s he think?” Usually ’s is short for “is” so I don’t know. As the NOAD reports cited above states, 's is the informal contraction for:

2012年5月18日 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.

2015年1月27日 · He's saying that looking at her is something to be happy about. And given the first time he says it he's being quite flirtatious with her, the intent is almost certainly to flirt with Ilsa. "Kid" in this case is just an affectionate way of referring to her as young - which re-affirms the idea that he's calling her good-looking and being ...

A honky-tonk was an old American term for a bar that played music, usually country music. Playing the honky-tonk probably refers to a honky-tonk piano, which is a piano that has been modified to alter the sound it produces, making it sound more tinny or percussive.

2018年7月19日 · "He's on a trip." is already less formal than "He is on a trip.", because of the abbreviated "is". So, in a formal situation (e.g. when talking to customers), I would rather not use the abbreviation of "is". But maybe I am too picky about it. –

2024年3月7日 · Rather than describing himself as a private investigator, he says he's a "rewardist" -- he takes jobs where a reward has been offered, and his fee is the reward if he's successful. I've searched a number of online dictionaries, ranging from the full OED to Wiktionary and Urban Dictionary, but none of them have this word.

2010年8月15日 · In Australian English there has always been a distinction between "pissed" (intoxicated) and "pissed off" (angry, irritated). I've noticed a trend towards the American usage where "he was really ...