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The use and abuse of the English language, as used in the UK, including serious and humorous examples, likes and dislikes, and the evolution of English.
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hi.can anyone tell me what "low cunning" means.it appears from the contexts in which i have heard this phrase that its meaning isnt really derivative...
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As part of a literacy assignment, I am writing a piece of text analysing the difficulties students may have with learning and understanding certain similar...
By Marcus Fox
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by Nick Wagg
2 yr 358 days ago
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I haven't had a good holiday in ages. or.. I haven't had a good holiday for ages. Which of those is better in *British* English? mail to: pinko...
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Hi Not sure if this is the right group but I am trying to find the complete poem/rhyme whaich starts off (at least how we were taught) The Guggles in the...
By NikV
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Are there any rules that govern the stringing together of nouns in English? Example: "Foot" + "ball" + "player" = "football...
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Well, hello, I'm italian, and I'm searching for the meaning, in other words, of this: "until end of business today" in example, "UPS...
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Could you please tell me the exact meaning of this expression and where it comes from? "cheers and tigers" as, for instance, in "with many...
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by Herb Ludwig
3 yr 32 days ago
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Bonjour, est ce que quelqu'un peut me traduire les termes suivants. Ma question porte surtour sur le terme "WILL BE OFFERED" faut -il comprendre...
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In this article of mine, the believer will find incontestable historic-archaeological support to his Faith, the undecided one will perhaps be capable of...
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Hello everybody, I am an italian 26-year-old boy that is training to pass the FCE. I wonder if among you there is any english native speaker that can...
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I'm an Italian girl, I'm looking for someone who wants to talk about everithing with me, just to improve my English...to have a deeper knoledge...
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I've happened upon a Web site that looks like it should be really helpful to anyone who's interested in the various dialects to be found in the...
By Bob Cunningham
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by BusyGuy
3 yr 64 days ago
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Curilies and donots Hurricurry runrun debily pork. Girmelipsy the tricyclator overher loorole uptil edgenoce hamping thinktank. Dada hautevolee into essich...
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Could you please tell me the exact meaning of this expression and where it comes from? TIA zazoue.over-blog.net http://zazoue.over-blog.net/
By Isabelle Hamey
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by Isabelle Hamey
3 yr 69 days ago
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A Saint Unnamed says, "The human mentality has been instilled with so many Gifts, because the human mind is that 'source' of human life that...
By Anonymous
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by Paul Burke
3 yr 70 days ago
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I am greatly interested in phrases like the following: If my grandmother had wheels, she would be a bicycle. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride...
By Nico
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by Young Sociolinguist
3 yr 79 days ago
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Hello everyone, English is not my first language and I often encounter difficulties particularly in collocations. Selecting a befitting collocation word...
By Ueda, Hiromi
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by Anonymous
3 yr 80 days ago
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This year's Summer Doldrums Comp (the eighth) will Totally Officially Commence in about two hours' time, with the first five questions. From tomorrow...
By Adrian Bailey
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by Richard Heathfield
3 yr 83 days ago
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Thank you for showing me that I am not alone in wanting all those people who insist on peppering their text with apostrophes shot at dawn. I love reading...
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I've googled and checked my Oxford Dictionary of Idioms to no avail. What does 'to sheet home' mean exactly? Could this be an idiom only found...
By night owl
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by Peter Duncanson
3 yr 101 days ago
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Firstable sorry for my english, but I hope to explain in the most clearly way which are my doubts . I'm italian and in my language there is a substandard...
By L'intronato
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by John of Aix
3 yr 101 days ago
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Hello every one, I was just reading Dr. Faustus and i have been so much impressed by him. So for what r u waiting for?? Grab this copy and enjoy reading...
By Anonymous
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by Nick Wagg
3 yr 105 days ago
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Hello everyone, I was watching the film "About a boy" the other day and I distinctly heard Hugh Grant say "I think we beat the rat there...
By Frido Schefft
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by Martin Crossley
3 yr 108 days ago
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I wonder if anyone here can help me? I'm trying to produce some wordlists that will help my wife and son who are Chinese learn UK English. I'd...
By David D Stretch
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by Anonymous
3 yr 124 days ago
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The Lincolnshire Lay Subsidy of 1334 includes one Everard le Wikked living in Stamford (Bredecroft). Cool name, huh? My dictionaries suggest that "wicked"...
By Phil C.
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by John of Aix
3 yr 147 days ago
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