Like I don't want to use course books or something like that

As a non-native English speaker, I have always understood that in negative questions and in negative imperatives, the auxiliary (or the verb) always goes before the subject, instead "not" goes before the subject only when contracted:

Don't you dare! == Do you not dare!

Don't you speak it? == Do you not speak it?

Aren't you from there? == Are you not from there?

In these examples the two versions of the same sentences have the same meanings.

However, I noticed that with the auxiliary "can", changing the position of "not" completely flips the meaning of the sentence.

Can't you move it? = Asking if you are not able to move it or suggesting you to move it

Can you not move it? = Asking you to not move it

Why does this happen with "can" but not with "do"? Am I missing something? Or can both of them actually mean both the things?

My native language is Turkish and I've been reading English novels on paper. I keep running into the same problem: every time I hit a word I don't know, I either grab my phone (and somehow end up in my notifications 10 minutes later) or I skip it and lose part of the meaning. Curious how others deal with this: Do you read physical books, e-books, or both in your target language? What do you actually do when you hit an unknown word? Do you save the words anywhere? Do you ever go back and review them? Have you ever put a book down or given up on it because looking words up got too tiring?

Would love to hear what has worked for you and what hasn't. Because I want to keep going reading books in English but don't know how to solve this problem:/

My level is B1

I don't wanna read some fiction that covers some useless vocabulary like science or war

... and can anybody please tell my why It sounds so awkwardly incorrect to me? It says, "The number you have dialed is temporarily not available". Shouldn´t it rather be something like "This number is currently deactivated. You may try later or (whatever)"

I believe that the classic "I'm old enough to remember . . ." phrase is near the top of my list right now. Dude, it was two weeks ago. Practically everyone on the planet is old enough to remember!

Thanks for sharing! I shall revel in the cloying phrases on offer! Cheers.

Besides the fact that I just learned that written syllables do not have anything to do with phonetic syllables - the way the word "pretty" is split "pret-ty" - the worse part is that the actual phonetic splitting also doesn't make sense.

The word "pretty" is split into "prit-i" → /prɪt.i/, while I thought it would be "pri-ti" → /prɪ.ti/. I cannot even imagine what the difference between those two is, but I just know that my version seems more logical with how I know the word is pronounced than the actual correct version, it just feels so wrong.

Does anyone know why these weird rules when it comes to syllables?