PHRASES WITH 'WELCOME'

Make someone welcome.
Meaning:

Receive and treat someone hospitably.
-As a receptionist, you have to make the guests welcome.

Outstay/overstay one's welcome.
Meaning:

Stay as a guest longer than the host expected.
-One more cup of tea and then we'll go. We don't want to outstay our welcome.

You are welcome.
Meaning:

Sama-sama in Indonesian. It's used as a polite response to 'thanks'
-If someone says "thank you" you can say "you are welcome" as a response. (There are many other ways to give a response to 'thanks').

Taken from some trusted dictionaries.

WHY DO WE SAY "THE ALARM WENT OFF"?

Go off is a phrasal verb meaning to become active or to begin to function. If a warning device goes off, it starts to ring loudly or make a loud noise.

• The alarm should go off automatically as soon as smoke is detected.

• Didn’t you hear your alarm clock going off this morning?

But why do we say “the alarm went off” to mean came on? Good question! You must have thought English is a crazy language. :D

Here’s the real deal:

An alarm system is usually set, so you need something to trigger it. When it is triggered, it has offset, so you say it has gone off. It’s the trigger that has gone off. It’s not the word , as in the opposite of on.


DON'T LIKE VS DISLIKE

Both Don't like and Dislike are used to make negative statements. Take a look at the following example:

-She dislikes/doesn't like any kind of the bad boys.

In this sentence, Don't like and Dislike are interchangeable. But in some cases, they are not interchangeable. Take a look at the following examples:

-She makes no secret of her dislike of the bad boys. (Not, she makes no secret of her doesn't like of the bad boys)

In this sentence, Dislike is a mass noun (a feeling of not liking something or someone)

-She knows all of my dislikes. (Not, she knows all of my don't like)

In this sentence, Dislike is a countable noun (something that you don't like)

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