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Saturday, 13 April 2013
Know Your English -- dt. 09-04-2013
What is the difference between ‘bogie’ and ‘coach’?
What is the difference between ‘I have seen the film’ and ‘I saw the film’?
How is the word ‘beleaguered’ pronounced?
What is the meaning and origin of ‘at his heels’?
“Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.” — Franklin P. Jones
Know Your English -- dt. 02-04-2013
What is the meaning of ‘clean chit’?
How is the word ‘limousine’ pronounced?
What is the meaning and origin of the expression ‘put one’s neck on the line’?
What is the difference between ‘takeaway’ and ‘takeout’?
“Generation gap: The one war in which everyone changes sides.” — Cyril Connolly
Know Your English -- dt. 26-03-2013
What is the meaning and origin of ‘What’s your poison’?
Is it okay for a man to ask, ‘What do you think of my dress?’
What is the difference between ‘knife’ and ‘dagger’?
What is the meaning of ‘religiose’?
Is it okay to say ‘I regret for not seeing your movie’?
“Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.” — Charles de Gaulle
Know Your English -- dt. 19-03-2013
What is the meaning and origin of the expression ‘draw a line in the sand’?
Is it all right to say ‘commentate’?
How is ‘cul-de-sac’ pronounced?
Is it okay to say ‘crowdy’?
“Conscience is a mother in law whose visit never ends.” — Henry Louis Mencken
Know Your English -- dt. 12-03-2013
What is the meaning of the word 'lynch'?
What is the difference between 'wordsmith' and 'wordrobe'?
What is the origin of the term 'red tape'?
Is it all right to say 'commentate'?
“It's easy being a humourist when you've got the whole government working for you.” - Will Rogers
Know Your English -- dt. 05-03-2013
What is the meaning and origin of ‘cherry-picking’?
What do you call someone who studies insects?
Is it okay to say ‘He received his wife at the station’?
What is the meaning and origin of ‘follow suit’?
“A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to join you in your troubles.” — Will Rogers
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Know Your English -- dt. 26-02-2013
What is the meaning of ‘packed to the rafters’?
What is the difference between ‘crook’ and ‘history sheeter’?
How is the word ‘staccato’ pronounced?
Why don’t I find the term ‘white money’ in dictionaries?
Know Your English -- dt. 19-02-2013
How is the word ‘insouciance’ pronounced?
What is the origin of ‘high tea’?
In the case of some people, there is no gap between the two eyebrows — they are joined together. Is there a term for this?
Is it okay to say ‘enjoin from’?
Know Your English -- dt. 12-02-2013
What is the difference between ‘celibate’ and ‘bachelor’?
What is the meaning of ‘nomophobia’?
What is the meaning and origin of ‘to pit against’?
Is there a term to describe a wedding where two gay people get married?
Know Your English -- dt. 05-02-2013
What is the difference between ‘felon’ and ‘criminal’
What is the meaning and origin of ‘seamy side of life’?
How is the word ‘rigmarole’ pronounced?
What is the meaning of ‘townterview’?
Know Your English -- dt. 29-01-2013
What is the origin of ‘blackmail’?
What is the meaning of ‘nomophobia’?
Why is a worker sometimes referred to as a ‘blackleg’?
Why do commentators say ‘clean bowled’?
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Know Your English -- dt. 08-01-2013
What is the difference between ‘peppy’ and ‘happy’?
What is the meaning of ‘He is a basket case’?
Is it okay to say, ‘Don’t take tension’?
How is the word ‘sepulchre’ pronounced?
What is the meaning of ‘have one’s hand in the till’?
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
Know Your English -- dt. 01-01-2013
What is the difference between ‘woozy’ and ‘dizzy’?
What is the meaning of ‘hue and cry’?
How is the word ‘carte blanche’ pronounced?
December 31 is called ‘New Year’s Eve.’ Is there a term for December 30?
What is the opposite of ‘out of the box thinking’?
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