English in Use

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

English in Use

You have to ~be a man and decide~ (nonstandard).
You have to be your own man and decide (standard). To act independently and with confidence is to be one’s own man or woman.

You have to ~prostrate to~ the king (nonstandard).
You have to prostrate yourself to the king (standard).

Let’s all come to the ~negotiation table~ and resolve things (nonstandard).
Let’s all come to the negotiating table and resolve things (standard). A situation or place in which people formally discuss something in order to reach an agreement is a negotiating table.
GAB