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Add new idioms and expressions to your vocabulary. Learn how to use them in real-life situations.
Understanding the English Greeting “How’s It Going?”
An English greeting can take many different forms and vary across countless contexts. By way of entry into the world of ways to greet someone, let’s take a phrase that is so common as to be essentially automatic: “How are you doing?”
What is the Meaning of “On Tap?”
The phrase “on tap” has migrated out from its business of origin into the general English lexicon over the course of decades. What “on tap” means at a bar is slightly different to how it is used in everyday conversation, but the essence remains.
The definition of a rhetorical question
A rhetorical question is a question that doesn’t expect an answer. It’s a figure of speech that usually comes as a question to emphasize a point, rather than to elicit a response.
Best Regards variations and other common email closings to use
You have created your professional email with a masterful subject and friendly greeting that’s not overly familiar or too generic. Then you come to your sign-off.
Meaning of subvert expectations
Subvert expectations mean to purposely behave or act contrary to established assumptions and beliefs to be more interesting.
What is “Read Between the Lines”?
To read between the lines, sometimes varied as to read in between the lines, is a common expression about interpreting meaning beyond what someone says or does on the surface.
How to Understand and Use “Nailed It”
The Roman poet Horace, who wrote in Latin, used a phrase that roughly equals our concept of the term “nailed it,” meaning to have done something immaculately.
What Does “Safe and Sound” Mean—For Example, Home Safe and Sound?
You may use “safe and sound” to describe anything from a situation of physical security to a task that has been executed successfully.
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