- Look beat, Considering going, Homemaker...
- WHAT IS the origin and meaning of the expression `cock and bull story'?
- Does the word "kakorraphiophobia" exist? If it does, what does it mean?
- What is the difference between lacto-vegetarian and lacto-ovo-vegetarian?
- Which of the following sentences is correct? "Each of the children were given chocolates" or "Each of the children was given chocolates".
- How do you pronounce the word "pusillanimous"?
- Which of the following is correct? "In behalf of" or "on behalf of'"?
- What is the difference between "stairway" and "staircase"?
- WHAT IS the meaning of "wild card" in tennis?
- What is the meaning of "can't see the wood for the trees"?
- Can the word "bon voyage" be used with people who are travelling by train or car?
- What is the meaning of "get hot under the collar"?
- What is the meaning of "theme park"?
- Which of the following is correct? Compare to or compare with?
- One talks about a "gaggle of geese", what about swans?
- What is the difference between "for sale" and "on sale"?
- Is it OK to say that something is "very unique"?
- What is the meaning of "It isn't worth a hill of beans"?
- What is the difference between "homicide" and "murder"?
- Is it OK to say "I am running forty"?
- What is the meaning of "the straw that broke the camel's back"?
- Does the word "aunty" exist?
- Why is the "green room" called the green room?
Know Your English - February 2002
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| Definition: | (noun) The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern. |
| Synonyms: | unconcern, indifference |
| Usage: | He looked about him always, with the cold, easy nonchalance of the man of the world. |
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 _divers.jpg) FrogmenAn allusion to the appearance of divers clad in shiny wetsuits and wearing large fins on their feet, the term "frogman" was first used to describe scuba divers around 1940. Although scuba users prefer to be called "divers," the word "frogman" is often used, especially by the media, to refer to professional divers, such as soldiers, who carry out amphibious assaults, sabotage operations, and clandestine surveys. What types of tools and weapons can frogmen carry underwater? More... Discuss |
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 US President Grover Cleveland Gets Married in the White House (1886)Though President Cleveland entered the White House a notorious bachelor—having allegedly fathered a child out of wedlock—he did not remain single for long. Having become the executor of his deceased law partner's estate a decade earlier, Cleveland had supervised the upbringing of his partner's daughter, Frances. She visited him in the White House in 1885, and the two were married in the Blue Room a year later, making him the only president to be married there. He was how many years her senior? More... Discuss |
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 Johnny Weissmuller (1904)Weissmuller was a five-time Olympic gold medalist with 67 world records in swimming when, in 1932, he turned in his swimsuit for a loincloth and became Tarzan, the Ape Man. He starred in 12 Tarzan films and created the memorable "Tarzan yell" before being replaced by a younger actor in 1948. He then went on to star in a series of Jungle Jim movies adapted from comic books. Afterward, he ran his own swimming pool company. His face appears in the collage on the cover of what iconic record album? More... Discuss |
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 We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) Discuss |
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