Preguntas sobre ejemplos de oraciones con, y la definición y uso de "Pound"

A: Things like this are usually learned through talking or hearing other people say it. That is how I've learned most of the idioms I know. To be honest, I do not know the origin of most of the idioms I know. However, I think the best way to learn about them would be to either talk with a native speaker or watch shows that are in English. This way, you will be able to hear these phrases being used and you will be able to naturally start to understand the meaning. Other than this way, you might be able to search for other common idioms and learn that way. Usually, when you search for other idioms online, the meaning of the idiom is also given.

A: To "pound" on someone means to hit them.

A: It means that they are very light weight or skinny. When you are wet you weigh more so if they only weigh 5 pounds when wet it means they are very light.

A: A pound is a weight measurement,and a mile is measuring distance.

A: @monica8: The pound is an animal shelter, so it's saying that they are getting the dog back from the people that have many animals in a building.

A: - Can you tell me you current weight in pounds.
- Pound is the the currency of Europe.

A: The person was using slang to say "drink a lot of fluids, like water."

"Pound the liquids" was just a funny way of saying it. It's not a common expression. The person just made it up. The slang "to pound something" is sometimes used to mean "drink, eat, or use a lot of something."

"C'mon, let's go pound some beers."

A: @therealbanksy@Andawoo I don't get it

A: As a noun, a unit of mass
-Two pounds of beef, please.

As a verb, to hit with force.
-I pounded the beef.

A: Both are correct. The only issue is that you started with "he" and then changed to "she" :)

He'd lost 15 pounds = He had lost 15 pounds (same meaning either way)

A: We don't use the metric system here. So we use pounds for weight instead of kilograms.
1 US pound is about .453 kg, which is about one half.

A: A pound is part of the imperial system. A kilogram is part of the metric system.
1 pound=.453593kg
1 kg=2.20462 pounds

A: “To pound” something would be repetitive
“To knock” may mean to hit something lightly or hit something accidentally
“To hit” would be to hit something intentionally/on purpose

A: They're both used to measure weight.
Kilograms is part of the metric system (Used in majority of the world)
Pounds is part of the imperial system (Used in the US and a couple other places)

A: “All” is an adjective used with plural nouns.

-All dogs go to heaven. (Plural noun)

“Every” is an adjective used with singular nouns.

-Every dog goes to heaven.

“Everything” is a noun itself.

-Everything goes to heaven.

A: How many pounds are in a kilogram?

A: For the weight measurement "pound" it is mostly used for the same things as "kilogram", they just have different amounts.

Technically, "pound" is defined by the amount of gravitational force and kilogram is defined by the mass. So if you travel to a different planet (for a different amount of gravity) with a scale, then the scale should say you have a different weight in pounds but the same mass in kilograms.

A: Very similar.
A penny wise and a dollar foolish.

A: I can contribute $10 towards the charity.

**In the United States we do not use pounds as currency, in contrast, we use the U.S. Dollar **

A: Since nowadays most Japanese don’t pound mochi, I think it would be a valuable experience.

A: Usually people would say “I put on 8 pounds.” Similar to putting on clothes, you are putting on weight.

A: I want to lose a few pounds of weight in order to look attractive.

A: It's not that it doesn't make sense... it sounds weird and a bit rude. Also number 2 is the polite way of saying it.

A: "If I woke up knowing that I had a million pounds, I'd be blown away" sounds better :)