Know Your English - January 2011

• Know Your English
• What is the difference between ‘con someone into something'
• and ‘con someone out of something'?
• What is the meaning and origin of ‘sail under false colours'?
• How is the word ‘conglomerate' pronounced?
• Is it okay to say, ‘The film has its moments'?
• What is the difference between ‘comptroller' and ‘controller'?
• What is the meaning and origin of ‘neck and crop'?
• How is the word ‘raucous' pronounced?
• Which is correct: ‘Let's go to the movie' or ‘Let's go to the movies'?
• What is the meaning of ‘Kilkenny cats'?
• How is the word ‘dossier' pronounced?
• What is the difference between ‘bravado' and 'bravery'?
• What is the meaning of ‘spinning one's wheels'?