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A starting point for ESL learners who want to study English through the Web. This site is being constantly updated, so your […]Ann Landers
(1918-2002)
U.S. advice columnist
Know thyself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are […]
Rude Americans - Do you speak English?
From time to time overseas we always tend to see American tourists not bothering to learn the countries' language but instead […]man of few words
[man of few words] {n. phr.}
A man who doesn't talk very much; a man who says only what is needed.
* /The principal is a man […]spoon-feed
[spoon-feed] {v.}
1. To feed with a spoon.
* /Mothers spoon-feed their babies./
2a. To make something too easy for (a […]lodge a complaint
[lodge a complaint] {v. phr.}
To make a complaint; complain.
* /If our neighbors don't stop this constant noise, I will have […]on an average
[on an average] or [on the average] {adv. phr.}
In most cases; usually.
* /On an average Dan's mother has to ask him three […]Ogden Nash
U.S. poet, in "The Parent," Happy Days, 1933
Children aren't happy without something to ignore, and that's what parents were […]This is what has recently happened on English-Slang.com
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