Nik
WOW!! Your English is SO good!! You grammar and everything is just flawless! :D How did you get to be so good? How long have you been studying it?

NickT

• The problem with this is that I'm having my back bent more and more.
• The problem with this is that I'm having my back bent slouching more and more.

Pandamilk
yO! Sup? Happy B-day :DDD I hope you have a hella good time for your birthday... It's not everyday you turn 20 and I know 20 is a special age in Japanese Culture so.... have a blast!!!! ^__^ see you~

NickT
I would use "stand-in" personally. "So, his brother was the stand-in drummer." "So, his brother stood-in for the drummer."

Tim
Yes, there's something different between d) and e), and I think I just had a brainstorm. "Make" basically means "has the qualities necessary to become X" So "my wife and I make a good team" means that we have the qualities necessary to w...