do/play a puzzle | WordReference Forums
WEBApr 9, 2011 · Welsh - Northern. Oct 29, 2023. #5. To build up a picture, perhaps, but not to build a (jigsaw) puzzle in my opinion. (Google Search disagrees with me.) You can also solve a puzzle, although some people might think this applies to more general puzzles as opposed to jigsaws.
Do or play a puzzle? - WordReference Forums
WEBOct 1, 2007 · Probably not, but first tell us what kind of puzzle you're talking about, e.g. crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, Rubik's Cube, Thought puzzles, etc. Just a normal jigsaw puzzle with a picture on it. I read it in a book, it says ‘Wilma makes a puzzle.’, which is a jigsaw puzzle. So I had never seen ‘make a puzzle.’.
for playing/to play - WordReference Forums
WEBJun 9, 2016 · Thanks again. I thought "with that correction" referred to both my sentences. Sure, I will choose the one that is the better.
playing / not 'playying' [doubling the last letter of the verb play]
WEBAug 19, 2015. #1. Greetings, In family and friends book, it is written: If a verb has all these 3 features: "one syllable, and ends in one consonant, and has one short vowel (like: clap/ tap)" we can double the last letter when it is written in the present continuous form. (clapping/ tapping) My question is: what about the verb "play"?!
Complete / finish a game - WordReference Forums
WEBOct 4, 2017 · You can finish a game. The achievements are not necessary. It's up to you how many of them you will unlock. I unlocked the eighteenth and the nineteenth, because I solved the same puzzle under 1 minute when playing the game again. When playing for the first time, it took me over 5 minutes to solve it that's why I couldn't unlock them.
Worth doing - WordReference Forums
WEBNov 20, 2015 · El Paso, TX (raised PA, ex New Yorker) English USA. Nov 19, 2015. #8. My imperfect "phrase-math" equation: to be worth doing X = benefits derived from doing x must be equal to or greater than the effort expended in doing x. Warning: I'm proposing questions, not giving answers...
Who is/are playing? - WordReference Forums
WEBOct 25, 2007 · A: I'm watching a football match on Saturday. B: Oh? Who ARE playing? A: Chelsea and Arsenal. It seems logical to me to say/write Who ARE playing?, because we know that two teams are required to play a match and we expect to hear names of two teams. So, can are be used in this context instead of is? D.
Play on/with my phone | WordReference Forums
WEBAug 24, 2019 · Peter asks: ‘what’s Ann doing?’. You reply (in a way without being specific the exact thing that Ann is doing.’. 1. She is playing her phone. 2. She is playing with her phone. 3. She is playing on her phone. Which one is correct?
He is playing on his mobile phone | WordReference Forums
WEBNov 3, 2015. #1. I would like to know how to describe it when one is reading something, or playing games, or browsing websites, or whatever he may be doing on his phone. For example, we often see on buses or subways passengers looking at their phones, but we don't know what exactly they are doing. I describe this: "Everyone is playing on their ...
taking off early - WordReference Forums
WEBFeb 5, 2008. #4. I don't think that it's regarding a departure of a plane for ex. the context is: going a whole weekend pigging out beyond reason, playing a musical instrument, or even doing a crossword puzzle or taking off early without feeling guilty may be a reward.