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I would have said "going there ". "Here" refers to the current location of the speaker, which makes no sense unless they are physically at the repair shop while describing the oil change -- which we know is not the case, because the speaker went there "this morning", and it doesn't take very long to...

I would call that a skybridge, skyway or skywalk. It's remarkable how much inspiration the architect of these towers was able to draw from the cutter block of an electric shaver: https://www.shavers.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/380x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/3/13650.jpg

I'm passing on some useful guidelines that should clear up any confusion and misconceptions about the coronavirus: ----------- 1. Basically, you can't leave the house for any reason, but if you have to, then you can. 2. Masks are useless, but maybe you have to wear one. Or maybe not, depending on wh...

There is an adjectival phrase "sky high", which in this context means "heavily intoxicated by a psychoactive substance". (A close synonym is the phrase "high as a kite").

So "sky high" and "walking" (= who are walking) are two different sense units.

Those are mooring posts.

Incidentally, those are not ships but boats (specifically, they are cabin cruisers).

Ships are large vessels defined primarily in terms of their size, and secondarily by the fact that they are mostly seagoing vessels rather than freshwater craft.

To my mind, bland refers to the characteristics of the inn being described.

Boring describes the effect of this blandness on the mood of its perceiver.

So there is a difference, albeit a subtle one.

I would call them steps, though ladder would certainly be understood.

The more horizontal section below is a walkway — in other words, an artificial path constructed to allow walkers to cross difficult, hazardous or easily damaged / disturbed terrain (such as in a nature reserve).

It roughly means "He is not motivated by an intention to take financial advantage". ("Out to [do X]" = "intent on [doing X]").

My comment: Evidently Apple (the manufacturer of the overpriced iPad range of products) is the only profiteer in this scenario.

The Internet "going out" (which I think in this sense is chiefly a North American usage) can best be compared with a fire that has burned itself out, provided the analogy is not pushed too far. :D The term is also frequently used to refer to electricity outages or blackouts ("The power's gone out ag...

To second something that someone else has proposed is a procedural custom in settings where decisions are voted on. Often, for a proposal to qualify for a vote, it must be put forward by a proposer and endorsed by a seconder, who is in effect saying "I think this is a good idea, or at least an idea ...

Yes. Though it would come a bit more naturally to me to say "Anyone who camps on a cliff like this must be sick of living."

Where is that remarkable cliff?

In your situation, I would probably ask them something like "Are you thinking of going for a big fancy wedding or a small intimate one?"

Is this a unique construction, or are there lots of these in Vietnam? I've never seen anything resembling it anywhere in the West, so I think native speakers of English would either choose to use the Vietnamese name for one of these (perhaps "ghế vòng tròn tre"?), invent a name from scratch, or else...

Quite right, Bob. I felt that 'walkway' was somehow wrong, but you nailed it.

Thanks.

I would probably say something like "You can get to the small island from the mainland along a connecting walkway that {isn't submerged / is above the water}".

One could quibble that it doesn't completely meet the definition of an island, because it isn't entirely surrounded by water.