English As a Second Language

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All things for those who use the English language but still there's a lot to learn.

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does it sound okay to say "lingering on the horizon" meaning "looming ahead" (slrpnk.net)
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Colloquial term for "Reverse vending machine" (collecting bottle deposit) (feddit.nl)
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I'm looking for a term people would use on a day to day basis for the machines where you return empty bottles/cans and earn your deposit back.

Wikipedia calls them Reverse Vending Machine but my Anglophone friend and I don't believe that's a term people would use on the street.

ChatGPT says the most commonly used term in the UK is "Bottle Return Machine" or "Bottle Return" but I can't find sources on the web for that.

TIA!

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How to call people of unknown gender in English? (he or she) (lemy.lol)
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cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/196311

I'm from Turkey so English isn't my native language. We just call O in Turkish to no matter its he/she/it. Is there an equivalent of this generic term on English?

I don't want to call he to a female or vice versa.