youre on speaker? [phone] - WordReference Forums Here "speaker" is short for "speakerphone" For many years the correct term was "on speakerphone" Apparently, people now say "on speaker" to mean the same thing But "on speakerphone" is still correct: check the WR dictionary It lists this meaning for "speakerphone" but not for "speaker" Many smartphones offer "speakerphone" as an optional mode
To put the phone on speaker. - WordReference Forums "Speaker" is short for "speakerphone," a device with a loudspeaker and a microphone that is built into a modern cellphone mobile phone It's different from the mic and speaker that operate when you answer the phone If you're sitting around a table with two other people, you put the phone on speaker and set it down in front of everyone
Proficient Speaker Proficiency in English - WordReference Forums With respect to "employment" issues, it's important to remember that an employer may want not just a "speaker" of a foreign language, but also one who can read and write in the foreign tongue - there are plenty of "fluent" speakers of languages that can't read or write them On a job application, for example, it is wise to put down something like: Georgian - speak, read and write close to
The speaker is talking to themselves. | WordReference Forums Context: The modal particle gives the sentence more feeling and makes it sound like the speaker is talking to themselves I guess that "themselves" refers to "the speaker" Why "the speaker" is the singular form, but "themselves" is a plural pronoun? Is "the speaker" a collective noun here
English native speaker native English speaker - WordReference Forums I don't think so It goes without saying that the language in question is Spanish, so you'd either just say a native speaker (with the 'Spanish' idea understood) or a native Spanish speaker, with the word 'native' stressed In fact, I don't see a difference in meaning between how the term native speaker is used in your two scenarios Both are
Speaker of the House - WordReference Forums No olvidar que las traducciones son literales y de significado o sentido común El Speaker of the House no es otra cosa que el Presidente de la Cámara de Representantes Si se revisan las funciones legislativas de ambos cargos se verá que son las mismas
native speaker - WordReference Forums Native speaker is 'hablante nativo' How do I say: I am a native speaker (to indicate that I am a girl?) Soy hablante nativA?? And do we leave out the un una (Soy UN A hablante nativo a)?? thanks!! Madina
come - movement toward the speaker | WordReference Forums Good evening, 1 I have a part-time job and I often have to text my boss to ask if I should come to work on a particular day I always write: "Do you want me to come tomorrow?" However, my boss is never there, I mean in the workplace, and when I checked the difference between "go" and "come"
How understandable is Koine Greek to a Modern Greek Speaker? I am doing some study and research on the Greek Language, I am learning modern Greek myself (an English speaker from Australia) and I have some questions that I would LOVE to have answered my some Greek Speakers I have done some research but am unable to find satisfactory answers How understandable is the "Koine" Greek (i e
Distinguished guest vs honored guest | WordReference Forums "Honoured" means that the speaker (and presumably the audience) deem the guest worthy of esteem This is independent of whether they have received public recognition in general Afterthought I think I may just have repeated what Thomas Tompion said but in slightly different words !