Tag: Verb

English Language Focus: Phrasal Verb - Pack In

Pack In Meaning 1. “Pack in” can be used in a similar way to pack, but with a stronger meaning, trying to fit many people / things into a small space or short period of time. The festival was extremely busy. Everybody was packed in together! I spent the weekend in Pari...

Chinese Activity Verbs: Light Verb Syntax and Adnominalization

I am a professional linguist and I do research in theoretical linguistics, mainly formal syntax and historical/comparative linguistics. I am also a simultaneous translator/interpreter and a language teacher, and my language specialisations include Indo-European, Latin, Greek, Romance (especially Spa...