Know Your English - June 2010

June 2010

• How is the word 'chauffeur' pronounced?
• What is the difference between 'demise' and 'death'?
• What is the meaning and origin of 'windfall'?
• Is it okay to say, 'bouquet of flowers'?
• What is the meaning and origin of `turncoat'?
• What is the difference between `nervous' and `edgy'?
• Is it okay to say, `She was terminated by her publisher'?
• How is the word `auteur' pronounced?
• What is the meaning and origin of 'wing it'?
• What is the difference between 'momentary' and 'momentous'?
• How is the word 'quixotic' pronounced?
• Is it okay to say, 'His condition got deteriorated on Saturday'?
• What is the meaning and origin of 'clean bill of health'?
• Who or what is a 'fax potato'?
• Why is the abbreviated form of 'will not' 'won't' and not 'willn't'?
• Is it okay to say, 'I described him what I had seen'?
• Do you 'part from' or 'part with' someone?
• How is the word 'trenchant' pronounced?
• What is the meaning and origin of 'lick and a promise'?
• What is the meaning of 'annus horribilus'?
• What is the difference between 'fragile' and 'frail'?