Know Your English - June 2005

June 2005

• What is the difference between "met" and "visited"?
• What is the meaning of "tongue-in-cheek"?
• Does the word "regift" exist?
• How is the word "ensemble" pronounced?
• What is the meaning of "armchair critic"?
• What is the difference between "enough" and "enough of"?
• Is it OK to say, "My cousin divorced last month"?
• What is the meaning of "erudite"?
• What is the meaning of "diddly-squat"?
• Why are people who are left-handed called "southpaws"?
• What is the difference between "hoard" and "horde"?
• What is the meaning and origin of "Barkis is willing"?
• What does "bells and whistles" mean?
• How is the word "idyll" pronounced?
• What is the meaning of "keypal"?
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