Sep 13, 2014 · Banzai charges had some successes at the ends of battles by overcoming soldiers unprepared for such attacks. A human wave attack is an attack where masses of people attack, …

Aug 5, 2024 · I (Australian) have never heard "high-skilled", and on reading it I automatically wondered how it would differ from "highly skilled". As a result it suggested to me somebody who has learned …

Apr 19, 2012 · Flipping seems pretty straightforward, so the real question here is, where did "the bird " come from? Here's one account: bird (3) "middle finger held up in a rude gesture," slang derived from …

Where does the expression "ta" come from? Wikipedia has only this to say: "ta!", slang, Exclam. Thank you! {Informal}, an expression of gratitude but no additional information or links about its

Jun 11, 2016 · While true, banzai and the similar wànsui in Chinese are often used to indicate an arbitrarily large number, similar to the way English speakers would say "May you live a thousand …

Nov 4, 2018 · Using the example "to obtain similar to or similarly to," the latter sounds very strange even though similarly is definitely being used as an adverb. The sentence: "The fragments were obtained …

Jun 23, 2019 · I don't think this explanation works. As Peter Shor says in on comment on the earlier question about spicket/spigot, we don't hear the same variation with most other words with ck or g: …

Jun 3, 2012 · What is the correct abbreviation of engineer? In my organization, some of my colleagues use Eng. and some use Engr.

Dec 8, 2013 · Are "He succeeded in business" and "He succeeded at business" both idiomatic? What is a good resource for learning idiomatic verb-preposition pairs?

"To start" is an active construction, while "to get started" is a passive one. There are some schools of thought that object to the use of passive verbs in formal writing, though that opinion is somewhat …