Interesting idioms

Mind you !

To bark is  The harsh sound uttered by a dog.

and to bark up is To remove bark from (a tree or log).

MurielB a écrit:Mind you !

To bark is  The harsh sound uttered by a dog.

and to bark up is To remove bark from (a tree or log).

No Muriel.
"Bark up the tree" (here) means the dog is looking upwards, at the possible guy sitting on a branch and trying to escape.

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Did you notice that "bark" was also the "skin" of a tree?
Did you notice that sometimes (in serious books) "bark" could also be a small boat (French "barque")? someone might have been to lazy to translate corrrectly

thanks Gérard. I was confused and I thought that "to bark up "meant to remove a tree skin with intensity.
I was Ok with the figurative meaning

be wrong in a course of action

Gérard a écrit: "bark" could also be a small boat (French "barque")? someone might have been to lazy to translate correctly

It is very interesting to notice that. Thanks again ! I find that very funny

> might have been to lazy
Sorry, my mistake: "might have been too lazy"!

Very interesting !
Teeny and wee remind me of the exchange we had about

=>Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

Very good text ! I had to look up for "to clock in" : register one's arrival at work

And as usual, the more we learn the more we know ! Thanks again for making our forum rich and useful for everyone !

> the more we learn the more we know
I am very careful with "learn". The important is the method, how we learn. As I wrote it several times here, I am not a big fan of tough methods: rarely learn by heart but learn little by little, when we realize the unkown point comes again and again.
Learning a language is a very long term exercise; we must not hurry up because we need to keep faith and courage.
We all know foreigner who could never learn properly even after decades.
We must be careful about "bad learning" eg speak poor English (Franglais) or mainly speak with non-EMTs (speak with other French people, speak English with Italians, Arabs, etc. even in a business environment); that's not English: there're traps and learn English badly is going backwards, slowing down training.

gerardM a écrit:

Collective Nouns for People, Animals vs Things
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Hi Gérard !
I would like to add that in American English collective nouns are always followed by a singular verb whereas in British Englais it is either a plural or a singular verb.

True !

In French, even "un groupe de 3 millions de personnes est..." is singular.

Do you remember Muriel?
- 1,99 kilomètre (French)
- 1,01 kilometers (American)

1,01 kilometers (American)

No I didn't know. thanks