"the last one" means the last thing in a series: I'm sick of peeling potatoes; thank goodness this is the last one. I've nobody else to see after you; you're the last one. "the last of it" is a

Personally I find a very useful method to be to get learners to watch English-language films, news reports, or even YouTube short-form video; get them to jot down words or expressions (more often than not colloquialisms) that they don't

Someone disables Rachel's brakes and her car crashes. Rachel: Oh, my God. Somebody, help! Somebody, help me! Clark Kent hears her using his superhearing and gets her out of the fliping in the air car before she even knows what hit her.

Hi, everyone. Today when I was reading an article on anti-plagiarism software, I came across the structure of "a ... amount of + the plural form of a countable noun". The whole paragraph in which the structure appears goes as follows:

If you are speaking Colloquial, Idiomatic American English you will NEVER say, "Put your money IN where your mouth is." the colloquialism is "Put your money where your mouth is," or "Put up or shut up," "ante up

I went there for the purpose of (gerund) I went there (infinitive) I think it's archaic, but it persists as a regional colloquialism and, as you note, in folk poetry: Simple Simon went a-fishin' For to catch a whale. But all the water that

I guess "around here" is a colloquialism - "around there." "I haven't been around there for years!" (in those parts; around those parts) "hanging around" "coming around" "Don't be

With tongue firmly in cheek, here are some rules to keep in mind when using the Queen's English: 1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. 3. And don't start a sentence with a

Hey there, guys (and hello, Clive). If I'm not mistaken, nowadays, there is little to no distinction between "has got" and "has gotten," am I correct? I examined The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and the

Sorry Uthman! Thanks, Yankee! Could you say a word or two about "collocation" as used here? I'm not happy with my definition, and usually think of it as synonymous with "colloquialism," except that I take the latter as