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I was always truly amazed by a student studying English as a second language greeting me with Irish slang expressions and greetings. From the colloquial "how’s she cutting" to the Gaelic ...
World War One gave rise to expressions and slang such as blighty and cushy, but only some are still used, says Kate Wild, senior assistant editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. Zepps in a cloud ...
Answer these questions and find out just how many common English expressions and phrases you can interpret accurately! Illustration: Uttam Ghosh What does it mean when someone tells you to 'knock ...
Are "motor park" and "garage" Standard English expressions? Someone told me they ... is a mere conventional expression of greeting in the English-speaking world, and there is nothing remotely ...
Have you come across English expressions with words that rhyme? Meet these rhyming expressions and learn how you can use them. A meet and greet is an event or session that involves a famous person ...
There are many Indian English expressions which have amused native speakers of English. Here are a few of such expressions: teacher sitting on my head, doing my graduation, eating my brain ...
France has introduced a list of French words and expressions to replace common English gaming jargon in the country’s latest battle against “franglais”. The alternative expressions were ...