Know Your English - November 2004

• What is the meaning of "cost an arm and a leg"?
• What is the difference between "capsize" and "overturn"?
• What is the meaning of "leitmotif"? How is the word pronounced?
• How is the word "finance" pronounced?
• What is the difference between "I have been living in this city for twenty years" and "I am living in this city for twenty years"?
• Know Your English
• What is the difference between "must" and "have to"?
• What is the meaning of "comeuppance"?
• What is the meaning of the expression "milk and water"?
• How is the word "weird" pronounced?
• Is the following sentence correct? "They spent 45 minutes with Chief Minister."
• What is the difference between "apposite" and "opposite"?
• What is the meaning and origin of "be at sixes and sevens"?
• How is the word "boondoggle" pronounced?
• What is the difference between "hoodwink into" and "hoodwink out of"?
• What is the meaning and origin of "laughing up your sleeve"?
• How is the word "quagmire" pronounced?
• What is the meaning of "kick-start"?
• What is the difference between "elder" and "older"?