Know Your English - August 2008

August 2008

• What is the difference between ‘impasse’ and ‘deadlock’? (20080826)
• How is the word ‘sleuth’ pronounced? Why are detectives called ‘sleuths’? (20080826)
• What is the meaning of ‘tryst’? (20080826)
• Is it OK to say, ‘The school has received a great deal of complaints’? (20080826)
• What is the meaning and origin of ‘let your hair down’? (20080826)
• What is the meaning of ‘Adidas’? Where does the word come from? (20080819)
• What is the meaning and origin of ‘hitting below the belt’? (20080819)
• What is the difference between ‘deadly’ and ‘deathly’? (20080819)
• What is the meaning of ‘invidious’? (20080819)
• Know Your English (20080812)
• Know your English (20080805)