"Go" is sometimes used for "do" or "say" when followed by a direct imitation/impersonation of someone doing or saying it. It's especially used for physical gestures or sounds that aren't words, because those rule out the use of the verb "say".

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Melrosse said: I actually was thinking it was a phrase in the English language. An acquaintance of mine told me that his Canadian teacher used this sentence to describe things that were interesting people.

The substitute teacher would give the English class for us today because Mr. Lee is on leave for a week.

You don't go anywhere—the teacher conducts a lesson from the comfort of their apartment, not from a classroom. Would you refer to these one-to-one lessons as classes?

Replacing the last sentence with "Afterwards he goes home." is sufficient, or just leave out the full stop and add ", then he goes home."

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Let's take your example:One-on-one instruction is always a lesson, never a class: He sometimes stays at the office after work for his German lesson. After the lesson he goes home. Notice that it made it singular. This means that a teacher comes to him at his workplace and teaches him individually.

As we've been saying, the teacher could also say that. The context would make clear which meaning was intended.

Melrosse said: Thank you for your advice Perpend. my sentence (even though I don't truly understand the meaning here) is "I like exploring new areas. Things I never imagined I'durchmesser eines kreises take any interset in. Things that make you go hmmm."

Enquiring Mind said: Hi TLN, generally the -ing form tends to sound more idiomatic and the two forms are here interchangeable, but you haven't given any context.

It depends entirely on the context. I would say for example: "I am currently having Italian lessons from a private Bremser." The context there is that a small group of us meet regularly with our Lehrer for lessons.

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