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The History of English

The history of English in 10 minutes by The Open University.

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"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

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an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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Leo Tolstoy

(1828-1910), Russian novelist Regard the society of women as a necessary unpleasantness of social life, and avoid it as much […]

RTFM

[RTFM] {v.} "Read the fucking manual". Often said to [noob]s. * /Gonna write a search engine. Anytime the query starts with […]

Idioms to Learn Today

Flashcard learning set.Check yourself now!Try flashcard test by definitions or by descriptions.Set includes the following […]

act up

[act up] {v.}, {informal} 1. To behave badly; act rudely or impolitely. * /The dog acted up as the postman came to the […]

take off one's hands

[take off one's hands] {v. phr.} 1. To abdicate one's responsibility of a person or matter. * /"I am herewith taking my hand […]

ground floor

[ground floor] {n.} 1. First floor of a house or building. * /Mrs. Turner has an apartment on the ground floor./ 2. […]

hand in glove

[hand in glove] or [hand and glove] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Very close or friendly; working together; in very close agreement or […]

Benjamin Franklin

(1706-1790), Poor Richard (December 1733) God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer an honest man.