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to butcher a name - WordReference Forums the verb κατακρεουργώ [katakreurγó] is a loan translation from Fr massacrer or Eng butcher κατακρεουργώ ένα όνομα = I butcher a name More colloquial is " σκοτώνω " [skotóno], which means "to kill"
british english - What does the butchers (meaning the butchers shop . . . However, because butcher's - in the sense of an individual butcher's shop - is a homonym of both butchers and butchers' - in the sense of many shops each belonging to an individual - it is usually necessary to get rid of the ambiguity in conversation The usual use of butcher's is to refer to one individual shop If you said "The butcher's are
at the chemists; at the butchers, at the petrol stations The apostrophe-S designates possession "Chemist's" is the chemist's shop; "butcher's" refers to the butcher's shop I wouldn't use the possessive for "What can you buy at the petrol station" because "petrol station" is already the name of the place That said, it would be helpful for you to explain your question further
Carnicería y verdulería | WordReference Forums Es "butcher shop" (sin apóstrofe ni 's') De frutas y vegetales es "produce stand store" Aunque en EEUU son pocas las tiendas que se dedican exclusivamente a frutas y vegetales Usualmente se encuentran en el "colmado" = "grocery store"
What is the difference between these definitions? To butcher is somewhat synonymous with "to slaughter"; however while slaughter refers mostly to the killing, butcher refers to the cutting up of animal carcasses for sale and consumption Later in the year, the animals were efficiently butchered, and various parts hung in the smokehouse to cure
grammar - English Language Learners Stack Exchange We go "to the chemist's", "to the hairdresser's", "to the butcher's" If we meant we were going to the visit the baker in his house, we'd specify it to avoid ambiguity, for example we could say "I'm going to the baker's house" meaning we're not going to buy bread but making a private call
Butchers in American English - WordReference Forums As an AE speaker, butcher shop and meat market sound ok It is true that most stand-alone butcher shops are disappearing, however in some areas they are alive and well In a supermarket as already mentioned you find meat department section market Butcher is also used in some supermarkets
Grim Butcher’s bill - WordReference Forums For anyone still wondering about the term 'butcher's bill', it shows up a lot in military contexts, fictional and otherwise The commanding officer will often ask for the "butcher's bill", meaning he wants to know the full "price" (death toll) of a recent battle I'm not sure a phrase involving the Devil's death list is quite equivalent
apostrophe s in shop name (chemists) | WordReference Forums Butcher’s Florist’s Baker’s Greengrocer’s Why is there an apostrophe s at the end? What does it mean? It sounds unnatural to me that a shop name end with an apostrophe s Maybe I’ve associated it with possession of something My guess is there is the word “shop” after but it’s omitted, e g chemist’s (shop), butcher’s (shop)