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27 January
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How do you say this in English (US)? I know show off is a verb，and I want to know what's the noun form of the show off，thanks a lot!
How do you say this in English (US)? I know show off is a verb，and I want to know what's the noun form of the show off，thanks a lot!
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28 January
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@Joe_oaycp6F6FVKmuf4j if you were surprised, that means that you weren’t expecting his showing off, or that his showing off is something out of the ordinary. If you want to say that he doesn’t normally show off, but this time he did show off, and it was shocking/surprising to you, then you can use “surprised.”
If you are trying to say that he is showing off and it is bothering you / annoying you / you don’t like it, you can just say “your showing off is annoying me” or “I’m annoyed by your showing off” or “it’s annoying when you show off” or “I don’t like it when you show off”
You cannot use “display” to mean “showing off.” “To display” means to show something to another person or to put it in a place where many people can see. “To show off” means to brag or to try and get attention for something about yourself (your clothes, knowledge, money, talents, skills, abilities, etc).
Does that help?
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- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- English (US)
showing off
for the majority of the English verbs you can change them into nouns by adding ing
e.g.
to dance > dancing
to sing > singing
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
your showing off annoying me，is it right？
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- English (US)
no it sounds weird
your flexing is annoying me
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
sorry，I can't make sense of you，I don't know what does flexing mean....
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- English (US)
it means the same as showing off. When you want to use showing off as a normal noun it'd be better to use flexing
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
Oh yeah，I looked it up，show the muscles to other people，and imply the showing off，thank you for your patience，thanks
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- English (US)
- English (US)
@Joe_oaycp6F6FVKmuf4j You can say, “Your showing off is annoying me” or “It’s annoying when you show off”
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
@maddiecraver So，may I say I'm surprised by his showing off？
- Simplified Chinese (China)
or can I use display to mean showing off？
- English (US)
@Joe_oaycp6F6FVKmuf4j if you were surprised, that means that you weren’t expecting his showing off, or that his showing off is something out of the ordinary. If you want to say that he doesn’t normally show off, but this time he did show off, and it was shocking/surprising to you, then you can use “surprised.”
If you are trying to say that he is showing off and it is bothering you / annoying you / you don’t like it, you can just say “your showing off is annoying me” or “I’m annoyed by your showing off” or “it’s annoying when you show off” or “I don’t like it when you show off”
You cannot use “display” to mean “showing off.” “To display” means to show something to another person or to put it in a place where many people can see. “To show off” means to brag or to try and get attention for something about yourself (your clothes, knowledge, money, talents, skills, abilities, etc).
Does that help?
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
@maddiecraver thank you so much，I totally got you，thank you！！
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