9 сент. 2018 г. · There are a lot of idioms that contain words that aren't used elsewhere, including at least two in this list: beck and call and wreak havoc.

5 сент. 2021 г. · I didn't murder 5 people. Depending on what you put emphasis on the meaning changes. 'I' didn't murder 5 people. (So who did it?)

8 апр. 2017 г. · It's stupid. Bemused. I apparently had never looked up the definition and only read it in context that would make sense with my wrong definition ...

10 июн. 2024 г. · Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. It's not about a banana costing through the air. It's saying fruit flies enjoy bananas.

8 мая 2013 г. · When people say something like "At least the trains run on time." It isn't meant to be looking for the positives in bad situations.

13 июл. 2016 г. · Allude -> refer indirectly to something. "As my coworker alluded to, we are the highest rated vendor.".

28 окт. 2010 г. · I thought that when waitstaff asked "soup or salad?" they were talking about "supersalad."

18 мар. 2012 г. · Notice I said "people" which you can easily infer, based on context, means the general population. Not just any individual. But, what the hell, ...

19 мар. 2024 г. · Newly coined words, local slang, internet memes from the past decade or so—these are not something you can learn from textbooks.

5 нояб. 2022 г. · The woman got mad saying she is a regular here and comes several times a week and if she means she is foreign then she has been here for 25 years.