By Idioms, Abbreviations

None of these are standard idioms - they are simply abbreviations used by that school. I have no idea what P and HP mean. High placement? I assume that the parenting classes teaches parenting skills. Often, I've heard, these courses involve having the student take care of eggs, or dolls, or...

Hi julielai, You asked: Are you serious? You mean I have to know a million words to be proficient in English? That's a question which clearly lacks a straightforward answer. On the one hand, very few native speakers of English (if any) know a million words. On the other hand, there are around...

Anonymous wrote:Is it right to use the phrase "around the clock " in place of "round the clock" ?Would it mean the same? Yes. Idioms, Oxford, new edition, page 59 gives around/round the clock (example has it even this way round-the-clock) Anonymous wrote: Also,is the phrase "24/7"...

Hi Cookie - where do you post these messages that get no replies? I think that questions in the "Vocabulary and Idioms" and "General English Grammar" forums almost always get replies, but maybe it is different in the "conversation and chat" parts of the board. I rarely read those, so I don't...

Hey, you forgot about all the other things "do" could stand for, like: do. abbreviation for ditto. .do abbreviation: Dominican Republic (in Internet addresses). n. Music The first tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio. n. Slang pl. dos A hairdo. v. did, (dd) done, (dn) do·ing,...

This is a very open question. General English -informal -may contain idioms, colloquial, and slang phrases and sentences -not always spoken and written (e-mail) in complete sentences Business English -precise, often legalistic language is used that is difficult to understand -more complex...