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  • woolly hearing

    Hello, in a book called the Mammoth Academy, a mammoth came down with a cold and had a "wooly hearing". What's that? Thank you.
  • go down a storm

    hello, what does it mean when something goes down a storm? Example: David Beckham bought his wife a wineyard. "The wineyard went down a storm with Victoria," said a source.
  • cv profile

    Hello, could you please check my short cv profile for mistakes. Also any suggestions to the actual content are welcome. Many thanks:A 22-year-old student from Prague, I have taken a year off school and will spend the time in Southampton, where I hope to put to use my personal qualities of...
  • shop floor picker

    Hello, I saw a shop floor picker vacancy in one British supermarket. Any idea what a shop floor picker might actually do? Thank you.
  • the lady's not for turning

    Hello, I've never been able to understand the part of M. Thatcher's 1980 speech where she says she "is not for turning." What does she mean by that and why is it supposed to be that funny. Thanks.
  • past perfect

    Hello, I wonder how past perfect is used in longer narratives. Let me pull a case in point:"I went fishing this morning. Before I went fishing, I had gone to a shop..." And now, shall I use the past simple or the past perfect when continuing with ... "I bought / had bought a few...
  • a good / bad 'un

    Hello,what does it mean, if someone or something (a job) is a good / bad 'un? And what does the " 'un " stand for, if it stands for anything. Thanks.
  • there's only so many

    Hi. If I say "There's only so many blokes with funny hats at Buckingham Palace", am I saying that there are many or few blokes with funny hats at Buckingham Palace?
  • double room

    Hi, if someone offers a double room, does it mean that there are two beds in the room or just one double bed? I and my friend intend to move to the UK and we would like to live together, but as we are not gay, we do not want to share one bed. Is a double room an option for us?
  • Re: plinkety-plonkety

    Here's the context, still cannot make it out: "Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday a circuit cabaret singer strutted the tiny stage, systematically dismantling a series of once wonderful songs to the accompaniment of Graham on the organ and a plinkety-plonkety backing tape."
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