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#2 doesn't sound right to me. But I'm afraid I can't explain why! I know what you mean. My thinking is that "a jiffy" is a time taken by a (human) agency as a description of the time it will take, or has taken, to achieve. Traffic jams clearing, grass growing, clouds appearing happen on their own. :)

When I read them they transported me back to the 70s hippies. They could be straight out of Austin Powers , only improved by appending "man" or "babe" to fix them in the era.

All three mean the same. Although the first is an ugly construction.

Do you think there should be a difference?

Just playing with these: Original : 1 and a are pretty bad, b is still not good. 1) I can't frequently eat lunch at home. a) Frequently I can't eat lunch at home. b) I can't eat lunch at home frequently. 1 and a work, b isn't good 1) I can't often eat lunch at home. a) often I can't eat lunch at hom...

Nut Splitter. Although I used a screwdriver.

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I would call the top one a bench swing, the lower one a baby swing.

trolley, I think it is a sadness that we don't have the option of a "like" on these boards. A response, such as this, seems unnecessarily formal but here it is : LIKE.

Did the ultrasound/sonogram show whether it is a boy or a girl? Mind you, I have never heard anyone use sonogram in casual conversation.

But the simplest is : do we know if it is a boy or girl.

They may be described as a Good Samaritan which is a reference to a Bible story.

Welcome.

I French friend of mine will often break from French into "bloody 'ell". Apparently there is no French phrase that conveys the same emotion.

I would not normally use 2, 4 or 5.

I am struggling to make sense of "I was life-saved."

The only image that come up is that the subject was unwilling and it is ironic.

Welcome Rey. The word "fag" in the UK refers to a cigarette not a gay man, so I have to say that your assumption is unlikely. Or, at a boarding school, a younger boy acting as a servant to sixth former. This practice is, I understand, very much less common than it used to be and possibly eradicated.

We don't get mosquitos round here but where you do get them you will find the coils you mentioned along with every other type of anti-mosquito product.