Showing posts with label English words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English words. Show all posts

Oct 29, 2010

Phrase : Come out with it

 Come out with it :   phrase

Meaning   : to say something directly

Example : Why dont you come out with it from you heart , you will be fine.

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Oct 26, 2010

Extol

Meaning : praise, glorify, or honor

This 15th-century verb has become wonderfully forgiving in modern times because most dictionaries admit two spellings: the original one, which you see here, and the more English-friendly extoll (owing to toll and perhaps to the completely unrelated atoll). While you can extol (that is, praise) just about anything or anyone, the things most likely to be extolled in these modern times are "virtues" and "benefits."
 

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Jun 19, 2010

An Artificer describes a: liar, clever person, artificial person, skilled artisan.

Aspic: meat gelatin, prejudiced name for Hispanic, viewpoint, part of the whole

Assonance: opposite meaning, dissonance, sounds alike, confidence


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Apr 11, 2010

Ain't

Ain't – "Ain’t" is always wrong, whether it is used to mean "to be" or "to have." The use of “ain’t I?” is nonstandard. “Amn’t I?” is also nonstandard English; “aren’t I?” is standard English. Despite the use of “ain’t I?” and “amn’t I?” in some dialects, “the correct standard singular form is the plural form aren’t: I’m right, aren’t I?
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