Know Your English - June 2002

• WHAT IS the difference between "friend" and "companion"?
• How do you pronounce "rendezvous"?
• What is the meaning of the idiom "under a cloud"?
• Is it OK to say "My Mrs."?
• What is the meaning of the word "humongous"?
• Which of the following sentences is correct?
• Walking papers, Living high off the hog, ...
• WHAT IS the difference between "megalomaniac" and "kleptomaniac"?
• What is the meaning and origin of the idiom "the apple of one's eye"?
• Which of the following sentences is correct? I am suffering from a headache or I am suffering from headache?
• Is it OK to say, "I don't want no excuses"?
• What is the difference between "introvert" and "taciturn"?
• How is the word "dais" pronounced?
• What is the meaning and origin of the expression "let's get down to brass tacks"?
• Why are ships called "she"?