One thing leads to another?

2008-01-11 11:39

Reader question: What does the expression "one thing leads to another" mean exactly?

And whatnot?

2008-01-08 11:49

Reader question: In this – Random thoughts and whatnot – what's "whatnot"?

Come through?

2008-01-04 13:48

We need our main guys to come through – what does "come through" mean exactly?

Small Talk

2007-12-28 14:30

Small talk is gossip, chitchat, unimportant chatter, small being the significant...

Put on the spot?

2007-12-25 16:39

Reader question: What does this – Don't put me on the spot like that – mean?

When things don't add up

2007-12-21 13:51

Reader question: What does it mean when people say things "don't add up"?

Words and rhetoric

2007-12-18 14:44

If the world were changed by words, it would have shifted today – what does "words" mean here?

Got to make allowances

2007-12-14 11:03

You've got to make allowances for their British accents – what does "make allowances" mean?

Off the charts

2007-12-11 11:29

Reader question: "They will be off the charts" – what's "off the charts".

Go figure

2007-12-04 13:55

Chinese learners of English have a greater difficulty when it comes to picking up a new word or expression.

Tough love

2007-11-30 14:22

In this newspaper headline – The Trouble with Tough Love – what's tough love?

In and of itself

2007-11-27 11:48

However, firm's human resources, in and of themselves, did explain improved performance...

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