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Themselves; used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a group of people or things previously mentioned as the subject of the clause. Those boys will have to blame themselves for not listening to advice

This is not your book, it is Andrew's

Been is the past participle of the verb be. John said he had never been so .insulted in his life

When you stand in for someone, you are a representative. I asked Penda to stand in for me since I could not attend the meeting

We often use question tags when we expect the listener to agree with our statement. In this case, when the statement is positive, we use a negative question tag. Hence it would read; Femi, Tom is Aka's son isn't he? Since we are referring to a human being and the statement is gender-specific, the pronoun ''he'' will be used.

We often use question tags when we expect the listener to agree with our statement. In this case, when the statement is positive , we use a negative question tag. Hence it would read; You will help me lift this box, won't you?

Sally assisted me in buying my very first party dress yesterday

Little; a small amount of.

Little; a small amount of. The cook had little oil and so could not prepare the soup

we will have to set up a seven-man panel to investigate this matter

This way "however" modifies "heavy", while "hard" means "the energy used" (which is stone, in this context.) "however much" is adjectival The workers could not move the heavy stone however hard they tried

Kick off; (of a football match) be started or resumed by a player kicking the ball from the centre spot. The friendly match will kick off at 4,00 p.m. today as scheduled

The boys were discussing football when the teacher entered the class

Our teacher is much too intelligent to make such a mistake

you give in to something when you cease fighting or arguing; admit defeat. Some people find it difficult not to give in to temptation