Learn about Gerunds and Infinitives

i have got some expressions that has a lot to do with accepting  responsibilities ;

chalk something up to experience means to accept failure and learn from a particular experience.

take the fall for someone means to accept the blame for something another persone did .

Recently, a friend brought a flaw of mine to my attention. He told me that sometimes I was too blunt to say things and might offend people, which hurt a little at the moment.I tried not to talk to anyone so as to avoid trouble. But later, as I gave it thought, I realised I wasn’t really facing the music. So I apologised to my friend for saying hurtful things, and then I tried to talk to everyone, but being kinder with my words.

I always take responsibilty for my mistakes and try to fix my mistakes as soon as possible ;)

Julito, to answer the question you asked to all of us. 

I’m not superstitious, not pietistic person as well.

The leap year, the Friday 13th, the black cat running across the road you are walking on etc is rubbish. 

By the way, you talked about flowers and music. I saw the TV programm about the hypothesis that flowers can hear the music. :) Interesting research.

It is difficult to believe, but I have noticed myself the more love I give to my flowers the better they grow afterwards. Flowers are very thankful really. They feel the warmth of their owners.

Thanks Julito, I hope you mean it hehehe…... And here is My perception about the expression ’’ face to the music ’’ . Music generally is something pleasant to hear, something that make you feel good after you listen to it, we even say -Music is life/ Life has no meaning without music – So my opinion why they use face the music as expression when we face a critic from someone is to listen to it, to take a good advantage from the critic with pleasure , the same thing when we listen to some music. Don’t you think?

nice ,all of you are nice guys ,englishbaby man ,face the music ,man up ,fix the problem.

thanx for your suggestion

Goodmahasa, hello.     is that so?   I have no problem.  pls. check it out just in case you have a problem with the audio. ,   

it’s so funny .seems even english-baby sanctioned against us.why I can’t watch  videos or listen to any dialouges any more since some days ago?

Apple, very good question,  maybe we should  need help from Mr  Alston or Tutorheather to clear this doubt. I believe that  in this  case music is sound , and  the sound  that  we will hear is not precisely   pleasant . 

I’m a lil bit lost in this lesson.

So why is “to face reality” be called “to face the music” ?

Criz,   We don´t intend to criticize you ,why should we?   you said that you are a bit sensitive or emotional ,so what . We value you as you are , a wonderful friend , eager to share  with us  good thoughts  and  your presence .

Mnal , what can I say  to you except that  trying to   hide a problem “under the rug”  doesn´t solve  the same. Sooner or later  we will have to deal with it , and in most cases we will come to realize  that the issue   was  not as bad as it was thought .  

I’m an emotional person so face the music is so hard for me and I’m not practiced on it what shoud I do????ha???

     Ryo,  I don’t understand it either, like  Mnal_F said. I think music most of the time has a positive effect on people, If I hear a music playing I’ll naturally turn around and face it without any difficulty. I would identify more with “face the mirror”, if there were such idiom 

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Music is a language in itself that expresses our feeling . I like to face Music :)

Yeah, maybe it’s time for me to face the music. if i can’t work out now, it will be back on. Fortunately, my walkman is still able to work, that is very good. Just do it as possible as i can.

Tomorrow is another day!

So good night!

Need a little time to face the music, I’m a moody person and quite sensitive, I can’t take everything like a champ hehehe so probably yeah… I’m sorry if I wouldn’t listen to you whenever you critize me or pointing at my fault, I need to think and realise by my own. 

    Frankly speaking I adore sincerity : ). But there’s a fine line between being honest and rude.  One way to find out is to evaluate the person’s statement before drawing a conclusion. I remember vividly when Jeff told Dale that he needed to lose weight; I thought Dale reaction was epic. I said epic because it showed humility and very receptive to Jeff’s comment, he took it like a man basically although it had probably saddened his day. I also honored Jeff’s bluntness I confess he could have done it more diplomatically though. That’s what friends are for, to slap you on the wrist and make you realize that you’re going towards a cliff, not literally but you get my point.  So, after I read the definition of today’s phrase “Face the music” and watched this hilarious footage of Dale breaking a sweat (maybe that prosthetic belly he wore was too heavy) that make me realize one thing : a little criticism goes a long way . Thanks to Jeff’s sincerity now Dale is working out, which isn’t a bad thing at all.

    I think Dale slept on that criticism and decided that it had a more positive nature than a negative one. He’s thankful to Jeff for pointing to him something he couldn’t see himself.  Personally, I think Dale’s is going to lose that spare tire and trade it for some sizzling six-packs not as a reprisal act, but to let Jeff know that he really took his remark to heart and understood he was just looking out for him. What Jeff did to Dale is called a constructive criticism, an opinion which is often received wrongly and mistaken for arrogance or impoliteness.  Me, when I’m bad-mouthed or reprimanded by someone I always try my best to keep my composure and avoid frictions that are usually unasked for. I know how to face the music. Some criticism ought to be shrugged off as they are hideously shallow others can be very helpful, you’ll never know, until you try to evaluate them.

I think to man up, to take it like a champ, to have heart, and to face the music are distant cousins ; )