An example for you Martin: "She tried to charge me DOUBLE what they were worth. Bloody Cheek." Like people have said, it sounds a bit quaint in the UK now, something you expect to hear in films from the 60s or 70s.

Hi meantolearn, I think Danyoo's "no"s were in response to your use of "it's been long waiting". It could be argued that this form is gramatically acceptable, but it is not a normal phrase and sounds odd to a native speaker.

Could it be that "the scholars" is a pub/cafe and they are going to discuss and write with drinks and nibbles? or the school canteen perhaps? Places to eat and drink near/in colleges/universities often have names like that

Yes. As in: "I need to finish writing this report, so stay out of my hair!"

In Italy of course, a "redhead" is a car; a Testarossa, the Ferrari named after the red colour of the cylinder head. Sorry I'm just confusing things here!

I'll let those more qualified give an answer, but for my tuppence worth, if you mean the whole middle section, including the pips in the middle and the stalk/leaves at the opposite end - ie shaped a bit like: )( - its the "core" of the apple. If

Regarding sweetcorn, I'd say in BrE we'd call it "maize" if it was a crop in the field, "sweetcorn" if it's in a tin or freezer bag, and "corn-on-the-cob" if it's...well...on the cob. Just the word "corn" would imply a general grain as

It means that whatever is being talked about, eg "The irony of the event", or "the message" was understood and appreciated by those effected by it, in this case, the crowd, or the Kenyan population etc.

Like Danyoo, I have not seen the movie and am a bit confused. Could the first phrase be "blood and semen"? These are used during forensic investigation of crime to identify the criminal(s), especially in rape cases. Would this make sense in the

Related to what Mr P said, my understanding is that "Dutch" is an old English word which is a corruption of "Deutsch", meaning German. Centuries ago, the formal differences between the Germanic languages - including English - were less clearly