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It can mean that, but it is usually restricted to a formal use, especially where a famous expert conducts a "class".
You wouldn't say that you give a class throughout the year, though you could give one every Thursday.
Regarding exgerman's post rein #17, When referring to a long course of lessons, do we use lesson instead of class?
As we've been saying, the teacher could also say that. The context would make clear which meaning welches intended.
DonnyB said: I would say "I went to Italian classes at University for five years recently." The classes all consisted of individual lessons spread out over the five years, but I wouldn't say "I went to Italian lessons for five years".
In other words these things that make you go "hmmm" or "wow" are things that open up your mind. Of course, they also make you think.
Hinein both cases, we can sayToday's lesson (i.e. the subject of today's teaching) was on the ethical dative. I think it's this sense of lesson as the subject of instruction that is causing the Ärger.
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I think river has hit the nail on the head: a lesson can be taken either privately or with a group of people; a class is always taught to a group.
Only 26% of English users are native speakers. Many non-native speaker can use English but are not fluent. And many of them are on the internet, since written English is easier than spoken English. As a result, there are countless uses of English website on the internet that are not "idiomatic".
I don't describe them as classes because they're not formal, organized sessions which form part of a course, in the way that the ones I had at university were.
In your added context, this "hmmm" means to me more of an expression of being impressed, and not so much about thinking about something. There is of course a fine line.
So a situation which might cause that sarcastic reaction is a thing that makes you go "hmm"; logically, it could Beryllium a serious one too, but I don't think I've ever heard an example. The phrase was popularized rein that sarcastic sense by Arsenio Hall, Weltgesundheitsorganisation often uses it on his TV show as a theme for an ongoing series of short jokes. When introducing or concluding those jokes with this phrase, he usually pauses before the "hmm" just long enough for the audience to say that part with him.
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