2024年8月23日 · So we're certainly seeing, by some accounts, up to almost 100 pounds of cardboard per household per year set out at the curb. Joshua Goodman is the Deputy Commissioner of Public Affairs and Customer Experience at the New York City Department of Sanitation. LONGMAN and Oxford say that the progressive tense can't be …

As for the meaning, you say now we're talking when you want to tell your listener that you really like what you hear. For example: — I'm gonna pay you fifteen bucks an hour for this job. How's that sound to you? — Now we're talking! I would love to do this job!

2018年2月21日 · I always thought "We're on the same team" was correct. And when I searched Google book, I was able to get way more results of 'on the same team'. But I heard someone says the second one, and now I'm a little confused. If both are correct, then what's the difference? It would be very helpful if you give me an example sentence as well.

The same thing applies to I'm, he's, she's, we're, and they're, among other contractions. It's just colloquial English, that's all. It's just colloquial English, that's all. – John Lawler

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We're running late. This does not imply that the person speaking and the person/people with him are late for some event. However, the speaking person believes that under the expected conditions (traffic, speed limit, distance to travel, etc) that the speaker and those with him will possibly be late for the event.

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2014年4月18日 · We're out of time means that the allotted time has been used. It is finished. It is finished. We're running out of time means that we are coming to the end of your allotted time but there is still time if you hurry.

The situation we're describing is being out of the office. The relevant fact is absence, that I am normally in the office, but during this period I am not. On 9/22, you can expect that I will be in my office. A few other examples where the state is notable by its absence or negation: There will be no coffee until 9/22. (On 9/22, there will be ...

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