Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Eg"

A: The Tokyo Olympics - they are running as though they were training for the Olympics.

A: In this context it means to concentrate on or focus on.
I need to get busy with cleaning my house because it's such a mess.

A: example

A: "Mental" is slang for crazy. But in the example it could mean super angry.

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A: Both "affect" and "effect" can be either a verb or a noun. The verb form of "affect" and the noun form of "effect" are more common than the others, though.

"Affect" as a verb: If X "affects" Y, then X causes Y to change in some way. "The amount of rainfall will affect the total crop yield."
"Effect" as a noun: If X affects Y, then X is having an "effect" on Y. A change in Y is an "effect" of action X. "The low crop yield is one effect of this summer's drought."

"Affect" as a noun is a person's facial expression, attitude, and demeanor: "His flat affect made it difficult to guess what he really thought."
"Effect" as a verb: If someone "effects" a change, that means that they make the change happen. "We've successfully effected a settlement of the dispute."

A: I went shopping *while* I was (already) out of the house.

I gave it a little wash *while I was at it*.

A: "You know what, I think I'm gonna pass on this one. I'll go with you guys next time."
"Actually, can I get a rain check? I'll come along next time!"

A: Egg?

A: @Asg2 The dictionary says “how much” but we would say “No matter ...” or “However ...”

To whatever degree ...

Which words we use will depend on the whole sentence.

A: if you were busy because you were washing your car then you can say...

"I was busy washing my car."

A: Up to mean, is the maximum number, in your example, no more of people died.

A: -in' is sometimes used casually/informally instead of -ing.

In spoken English, sometimes -ing endings sound more like -in endings (depending on the word and the person's accent), so it is sometimes written that way to emphasize the -in pronunciation. In a fictional story, -in' may be used to indicate that's how the character pronounces the word.

The apostrophe ( ' ) is used to indicate that letter(s) have been intentionally omitted. In this case, the g has been omitted.

A: Yes.

A: they just add to the first sentence to make it more interesting i guess or it depends if you are asked a certain question