meaning - What does fells mean here? - English Language Learners . . . The word "fells" has a few different meanings, depending on context: Option 1 is the context of On the average day, a lumberjack fells a dozen trees In that context the word would essentially mean "chops down" or "knocks over" Option 2 is the context of The huntsman sold seven fells today
no sooner had the tree {been fallen fallen} than. . . But there's also transitive to fell = to cause to fall (typically, as in The lumberjack fells the tree by chopping it down with an axe) In your "passive" construction #1 (where the "agent" who felled the tree is unspecified) the correct verb form would be No sooner had the tree been felled than its branches were cut off
Fall vs Fall down - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
On the open down? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Hills in the Cotswolds (which are not in the North!) are also called wolds Hills in the North (and the South-West) are also called Moors Or Fells Very occasionally, they are called Hills Ignorant townsfolk might even call them Mountains –
The names of magic items devices in the folklore fairy tales of the . . . During the night following the beans being planted, a giant beanstalk grows At the top of the beanstalk, Jack finds a large castle inhabited by a giant Jack steals from the giant, and the giant chases him down the beanstalk Jack then fells the beanstalk, killing the giant and living happily ever after on his ill-gotten riches
Do we need s in Im a friend of Stephens. @J R Need is debatable, but I think it's common For example "Any friend of Stephen's is a friend of mine!" That's a common phrase, and the 's is there