Fragen über die Beispielsätze mit, und die Definition und Benutzung von "Screw"

A: Apart from the literal meaning of twisting something like a screw or sticking it to the wall with screws:

“You have to screw the legs on the IKEA chair”

“The picture was screwed to the wall”

The other main 2 meanings are:

To put someone/something in a difficult position

“By quitting suddenly he really screwed the company”

Also ‘to screw up’ is make a big mistake

“I really screwed up this drawing, it looks like I did it with my foot!”

To have sex (very informal)

“Those two are very friendly, are they screwing?”

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Why are you trying to rip me off/steal from me?

A: Ah, that means they dropped it in the wrong place.

A: You be messed with or put in a bad situation.

Example: “He’s not actually going to give me five dollars, he was just screwing with me!”

Example: “I forgot to turn in my homework yesterday, now I screwed.”

A: This one has a basic and several slang meanings. A screw is a spiral fastener similar in shape to a nail. The act of driving a screw is screwing. Slang. If I am making jokes at your expense or otherwise making your life difficult, I'm screwing with you. If two people are having sex, they are screwing. If you anger me and I want to say something in anger. "Screw you,. you -----!"

A: I told you to book the cinema tickets, you had one job, how could you screw up?

Don’t be upset, everyone messes up sometimes.

If you mess up, I will be so angry.

I’m trusting you so don’t mess up.

A: You say it when you are frustrated with something, kind of like saying “I quit”

“Screw this, it’s way too hard”
“Screw this, I quit”

The speaker could mean it literally though, actually asking you to screw something in, like a screw into a wall or a lightbulb into a socket.

“Please screw this lightbulb into the ceiling”

A: I went to the hardware store to buy some screws.

Screw you jerk!

Please don't screw my wife.

A: @GAP　「This is easy to screw up, so listen carefully.」　「これ注意が必要からよく聞け」
「If you screw up even once, you're fired.」「一回でも失敗したらクビにするよ」
「Don't screw this up.」「これをしくじるなよ」
「You're such a screw-up.」「お前本当にマヌケだな」
「I screwed up bad.」「本当にやってしまったな…」
「I can't stop screwing everything up.」「どんなことであってもいつも失敗する（失敗しないことはできない）」
「I will screw this up by the end of the week, I just know it.」「今週が終わる前にこれをしくじるよ、もうダメだ（私は馬鹿だから）」
「I would have been screwing up constantly without your help.」「あなたの助けがなかったらずっと間違っていただろう」
全部直訳じゃないけどこんな感じかなーと思います。分かりにくい日本語があったらすみません。

A: "I'm sorry, I screwed up and got paint on the floor."
"I'm probably going to screw your computer up since I don't really know anything about Linux. Take it to someone who deals with that operating system."
You can also say things like:
"You really screwed this up." (Very unfriendly)
"Wow, he screwed up big time."
"She screwed up big time with my mother."
"I'm just screwing everything up." (Usually said by people when their confidence in the thing that they're doing is at a very low-ebb)
You can also talk about objects being screwed up:
"Wow, this is really screwed up"

A: “Screw up” is a little more casual, but overall, they both have the same meaning

A: ‘The screws of the car’
Is referring to the screws of a particular car.
It’s not just one ‘screw’ it’s multiple ‘screws’.
screws is plural. The ‘s’ at the end makes it plural.
Like how 연필 turns into 연필들 (I know it isn’t used very often, but that’s how I can explain it.)
and they aren’t just screws of a car, they are screws of a particular car
(the car)
Like if I said a bird (meaning any bird.)
and if said
The bird (‘the’ is pointing out a particular bird)
Multiple screws, particular car

‘the screw of the cars’
is referring to a screw that is in these cars.
one screw (singular)
the screw (so not just any screw. It’s a particular screw in a car )
Cars is multiple (because of the ‘s’)
‘the’ is helping the reader know that it isn’t just any cars, it’s these cars.
1 screw, particular cars (multiple/more than one car)

the screw of the car
is referring to a particular screw that is in a particular car.
‘the car’ shows how it isn’t just any car it’s that car.
1 screw, 1 particular car.

A: Yep, they're both correct- they just give a slightly different meaning to the situation😊

A: I found this image on Google😊

A: Screw up can be used in more of a variety and to blow it is more of like you had a chance to get it right.
ex: You screwed up my book shelf!!
ex: I have I chance to fix my grades, I can't blow this.

A: In English, that's usually called a "keyhole slot", since it looks like where you put the key in an old-fashioned lock.

A: 'Of' in this sentence isn't doing anything, it's just there.

Technically, it's a compound preposition just like "out of" or "in front of," but with "off of" you can take "of" away and the sentence will mean the exact same thing. People just say "of" because it sounds like it should be there.

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A: You could say “I tightened a screw.” “I screwed a screw” would work fine, but it sounds a little odd and doesn’t flow off the tongue very well.

A: I would probably say, "Some of the screws on/in the shelf are coming off."

A: I would recommend not saying that to people as it can cause conflict

A: When trying to remove the screw from the part of the toy's main battery compartment with a screwdriver, I could not remove the battery just by turning the screw - it's just spinning. I was unable to insert the battery. Finally, I could take off the cover of the batteries compartment, but there is still a screw left on the toy,and now I can't close the battery cover. Also the toy doesn't work.

A: This chair has a loose screw. It needs to be tightened.