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Phrases & Sayings
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Years ago I used to go to Liverpool docks and load my flat bed trailer with bails of wool.When I had finished it looked much like a wall, where as the bails over lapped each other,both down the length...
but it is a language/grammar question really. The toothpaste advert where the girl says "I had no idea that some of the foods I had been eating can cause acid wear" - shouldn't that be...
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, Then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of...
Why is the wife of a duke called a duchess and not a dukess?
NOW THIS IS A REAL EDUCATION Where did "P!ss Poor" come from? Interesting history. They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot. A nd then once it was...
can "all the same" also mean "ever so"?
How many variants of the suffix -monger are in current use?
For example, fishmonger, ironmonger, etc....
I have noticed with the passing of years that quite alot of people now say 'we was' instead of 'we were' and 'I wish I was....' instead of 'I wish I were....' This is an example of how bad grammar has...
wheredoes the saing come from say in darts dont give him atin hat come from
why do we say that?
There's a new advert for Esso fuel and the small print describes performance 'compared to additised fuel'. Is 'additised' a real word?
Help much appreciated as usual. I need help with 1 across.I have J?T?I?? Clue is Jumbo one thousand containing a message at the end - one from lover of 35 (35=champagne) 9 across i have S???T??.Clue...
...I will SLAY him
...I SLEW him
...I have SLAIN him
I can't think of any other verb that follows this pattern. Is it a complete isolate, and if so does anyone know the derivation?
Ta...
Neither use nor ornament. They say it quite regularly in Coronation Street.
Where does the term derive from?...
Her feet go down to death; her ..... take hold on hell.
Can anyone tell me the computer term for param and written in italics ?
help please a hedge between --- -- --- ----
after the gathering ----- --- ----------...
LW,FK 6 7 , 7 7 AND B S T S 6 4 4 5
I have been told in the office several times today that Charlie is dead. I have no idea what this means and neither does my friend when I asked her. Just curious to find out if any one knows or is it...
11D Process of removal e_i_i_ation.
If 16A can only be station, then the first i in 11D means the word can't be eradication.
Any ideas, it's the last clue for me?...
