Hey Paula, it means throw some sausages. Throw as in put.

Hey Hazel, it means the accusations have gone back and forth, they’ve gone from one team to the other. They’re both accusing each other of the same thing if that makes sense.

I wanna ask what “backward and forwards” means. Does it mean the two parties argue a lot?

thank you

Hey Carolina. Yep. That’s it.

Hey Mehrnaz, so “sort of” is used when describing something but not accurately, if that makes sense. It’s not an idiom. It’s often used in spoken English similar to “like”.

Here are three examples and explanations of how to use the phrase “weight something” in the sense of giving something a handicap to improve fairness:

1. Weighting a Sports Competition

Example: In the sailing race, they decided to weight the boats by giving smaller boats a time advantage at the start to make the competition more even.

Explanation: In sports, particularly in events where participants use different equipment or have varying abilities, a handicap is often introduced to level the playing field. In this case, the smaller boats are given a time advantage, which is a form of “weighting” to make the competition fairer against larger, faster boats.

2. Weighting Exam Scores

Example: The teacher decided to weight the final exam more heavily than the midterm to give students who improved throughout the course a better chance of passing.

Explanation: Here, “weighting” refers to adjusting the influence of one component (the final exam) to give students who performed better at the end of the course an advantage. This improves fairness by acknowledging their progress, rather than giving equal weight to all assessments.

3. Weighting Economic Data

Example: When comparing the GDP of different countries, economists often weight the results by population size to give a more accurate picture of per capita wealth.

Explanation: In this context, “weighting” means adjusting the data to account for population differences, making the comparison fairer. Without this adjustment, a small, wealthy country and a large, less wealthy country might appear more similar than they actually are, so weighting makes the comparison more meaningful.

In each case, “weighting” introduces a modification or handicap to address inherent inequalities and ensure a more balanced or fair outcome.

Hey Paula,

I think largely, yes. Many of these contractions will be the same or similar. Though, there may be some differences in how often certain contractions are used by Aussies vs Americans. For instance, Americans say things like “ain’t”, which Aussies pretty much never say.