I think its safest to assume that quite means "pretty" or "reasonanably". It is used in the context you describe (eg "the meal was quite awful"), but I think there is usually an element of irony when it is used this way.

A similar word you might see is "wanna", short for "want to" as in: I wanna play football today (nb, its pronounced wonner)

As you can see moonlight, there are many alternative words in US and UK English - and many books available with more examples - but were you wanting examples of how the accent varies for similar words?

Don't worry too much Ding, "International English" - ie that spoken by many non English speakers - quite often is a kind of "mid Atlantic" mix of American and British accents and no-one would find it odd. Like Brian says, as long as the meaning is

Biangzi wrote: I am quite confused about some terms here, that's why I need someone to enlighten me on the first question, so I might can continue with the others. So, CalifJim, can you help me out? I think most native English

I would say X11's statement applies to BrE exactly the same - around is the more common, but round would be normal and understood as well. "Round" may imply that people are arranged in a circle and that the item should be pass from person to

In British English the word "dumb" used to be used for people unable to speak, but it is less so now because the American (and old English) use of the word to mean "stupid" is more widespread and it would be considered politically incorrect for

I was always told thar if it grew in the open air and contained the seeds of the plant (eg apple, orange, tomato) it was a fruit. If it grew underground and was a root or tuber (eg potato, carrot) it was a vegetable Leaves (eg cabbage,

Hump also has 2 colloquial meanings: 1) A verb meaning to move heavy stuff around as in "He humped the sack from the van to the shed" 2) A verb meaning to have sex. Possibly related to the above

Yes. in this context it means that the cost increased very quickly and by a large amount