April 2008
• What is the meaning of ‘take up the cudgels for someone’? (20080422)
• Does the word ‘nomophobia’ exist? What does it mean? (20080422)
• Is it OK to say, ‘The students were baffled with the teacher’s instructions’? (20080422)
• How is the word ‘aplomb’ pronounced? (20080422)
• Is there a difference between ‘I plan to re-cover the old sofa’ and ‘I plan to recover the old sofa’? (20080422)
• What is the difference between ‘robber’ and ‘thief’? (20080415)
• What is the meaning of ‘paddle one’s own canoe’? (20080415)
• What is the past tense of ‘quit’? (20080415)
• How is the word ‘succinct’ pronounced? (20080415)
• What is the meaning of ‘flip out’? (20080415)
• How is the word ‘awry’ pronounced? (20080408)
• What is the meaning of the expression ‘to make sheep eyes at someone’? (20080408)
• What is the difference between ‘perhaps’ and ‘maybe’? (20080408)
• What is the meaning of the expression ‘put past someone’? (20080408)
• Is the following sentence grammatically correct? ‘He has a car, hasn’t he?’ (20080408)
• What is the meaning and origin of ‘Tinseltown’? (20080401)
• What is the difference between ‘biannual’ and ‘biennial’? (20080401)
• What is the meaning and origin of ‘throw the hat into the ring’? (20080401)
• What is the meaning of vox populi? (20080401)
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