Thank you so mush. I've found such synonyms for "daydreaming" as "to be lost in reveries" and "to have one's mind wandering". Generally I use Google to make sure if a certain expression exists in English, for the word-for-word translation of

Anonymous wrote: Hello,I'm Andrea...I'm from Peru and I need some help to present a Research Project about slang...You're a native english speaker,aren't you?...If you are,tell me : do you think that a person who is learning english as a foreign

Hi, Here are a few comments. Slang I nformal speech, often used in a special context or by a special group, eg informal speech by computer progarmmers. Phrase This is just a grammar term, meaning a few connected words, but not in the form

what's the diiference between Slang、Phrase、Idiom、Stree Talk、Colloquialism?

Thanks, CJ! For us non-natives who are reasonably fluent with the language, colloquialisms are where we lose out, and that's where EF helps us the most! Cheers, - Joy.

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Hi, You have a lot of these. Here are some very brief comments. prim and proper fastidious, ceareful, neat to and fro from one place to another, and back again, repetitively odds and ends miscellaneous, unimportant, unrelated things

Dear Sir/Madam It would be my grateful if anyone else can enlighten me the meanings of these colloquial pairs prim and proper to and fro odds and ends hard and fast tooth and nail down and out length and breadth safe and sound ins

Thanks, Paco and Nona the Brit. I'm very pleased with the much detailed etymology, Paco. The word I've heard and seen is spelt Dutch, Nona. According to one of my dictionaries, Dutch meaning German is U.S. colloquialism. It may be infrequently

Hello, I am interested in international finance and overall business. I think that you would benefit from conversing with me because I am absolutely frank. I would be able to give you an oppurtunity to get used to American English