It is not idiomatic "to give" a class. A class, rein this sense, is a collective noun for all the pupils/ the described group of pupils. "Our class went to the zoo."
Cumbria, UK British English Dec 30, 2020 #2 Use "to". While it is sometimes possible to use "dance with" rein relation to music, this is unusual and requires a particular reason, with at least an implication that the person is not dancing to the music. "With" makes no sense when no reason is given for its use.
Korean May 14, 2010 #14 There is an expression of "Dig in the Dancing Queen" among lyrics of 'Dancing Queen', one of Abba's famous songs. I looked up the dictionary, but I couldn't find the proper meaning of "dig in" rein that Ausprägung. Would you help me?
bokonon said: For example, I would always say "Let's meet after your classes" and never "after your lessons" but I'2r also say "I'm taking English lessons" and never "I'm taking English classes". Click to expand...
Techno entwickelte sich von der vorherrschenden Avantgardebewegung inwendig der Popmusik, die sie hinein der ersten Halbe menge der 1990er Jahre war, zu einer Musikrichtung eine größere anzahl in einer vielfältigen Gesamtmusikszene.
Rein another situation, let's say I an dem at a party. If I want to invite someone to dance, I should say"start dancing".
Barque said: This sounds a little unnatural. Perhaps you mean he was telling the employee to go back to his work (because the employee welches taking a break). I'd expect: Please get back to your work in such a situation.
Southern Russia Russian Nov 1, 2011 #18 Yes, exgerman, that's exactly how I've always explained to my students the difference between here "a lesson" and "a class". I just can't understand why the authors of the book keep mixing them up.
I would say "I went to Italian classes at University for five years recently." The classes all consisted of individual lessons spread out over the five years, but I wouldn't say "I went to Italian lessons for five years".
Here's an example of give a class, from the Medau News. I think the expression is more common in teaching which involves practical physical performance, like dance or acting, than in everyday teaching in a school.
There are other verbs which can Beryllium followed by the -ing form or the to +inf form with no effective difference hinein meaning. Weiher this page (englishpage.net):
So a situation which might cause that sarcastic reaction is a thing that makes you go "hmm"; logically, it could be a serious one too, but I don't think I've ever heard an example. The phrase welches popularized hinein that sarcastic sense by Arsenio Hall, World health organization often uses it on his TV show as a theme for an ongoing series of short jokes. When introducing or concluding those jokes with this phrase, he usually pauses before the "hmm" just long enough for the audience to say that part with him.
I know, but the song was an international chart Klopper, while the original Arsenio Hall Show may not have been aired hinein a lot of international markets.
That's life unfortunately. As a dated BE speaker I would not use class, I would use lesson. May be it's the standard Schwierigkeit of there being so many variants of English.