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British usage of “cha”, “char” or “chai” to mean “tea” By happenstance, I stumbled upon the words cha, char and chai in the dictionary today, all defined as meaning tea in informal British English I lived and worked in London for some time, but never
What does gotcha mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Gotcha actually has several meanings All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely " [I have] got you" Literally, from the sense of got = "caught, obtained", it means "I've caught you" As in, you were falling, and I caught you, or you were running, and I grabbed you It's a short step from the benign type of caught to the red-handed type of caught
pronunciation - Rules to pronounce cha- words - English Language . . . Closed 9 years ago I am puzzled on how to pronounce cha- words For example, I know that "chameleon" or "chamomile" are pronounced with a hard "c" like in "camel", not with a soft "c" like in "change" "Charity", on the other hand, is pronounced as in "change" Is there some rule to infer the correct pronunciation?
What’s a non-vulgar alternative for “covering one’s Oxford Dictionaries Online writes in their U S section that the phase cover one’s ass is an informal phrase meaning: Foresee and avoid the possibility of attack or criticism ‘I like to
Are w o, w , b c common abbreviations in the US? I remember when staying a few months in the US years ago that I saw some people using the abbreviations below However, I can't exactly remember in which contexts I encountered them, (whether I saw
meaning - Changes in , Changes of or Changes to - English . . . I am confused about the selection of in, of or to I want to explain that "changes in hydrological variables and changes in landscape variables in wetlands can change the populations of waterbirds"
What is the origin of riding a gravy train idiom? 'Riding a gravy train' idiom means getting a job or other source of income that generates abundant money with little effort However, what is the origin of this phrase and why it makes sense at all