By happenstance, I stumbled upon the words cha, char and chai in the dictionary today, all defined as meaning tea in informal British English. I lived and worked in London for some time, …

Dec 10, 2010 · Gotcha actually has several meanings. All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely " [I have] got you". Literally, from the sense of got = …

Aug 13, 2017 · I am confused about the selection of in, of or to I want to explain that "changes in hydrological variables and changes in landscape variables in wetlands can change the …

Closed 9 years ago. I am puzzled on how to pronounce cha- words. For example, I know that "chameleon" or "chamomile" are pronounced with a hard "c" like in "camel", not with a soft "c" …

Nov 5, 2017 · Oxford Dictionaries Online writes in their U.S. section that the phase cover one’s ass is an informal phrase meaning: Foresee and avoid the possibility of attack or criticism. ‘I …

Oct 3, 2014 · Are these words examples of elision? What effect do they create? If a child says them what does this suggest about their language development? Thanks for any help!!

Mar 20, 2023 · What is the phrase for a romantic relationship between two incompatible personality types? Example: nerd & party animal. Often seen in movies, lots of examples …

Sep 14, 2013 · Say you do something simple and nice for someone. A normal reply would be "I appreciate that, thank you." (phrased in either order) But for the past year or two, down here in …

It is the reduced written form of got you = got +‎ -cha Gotcha can also be spelled as gotchya whereas the related term, getcha, is made by joining the verb and pronoun, get you, with -cha.

Mar 13, 2019 · If I want to say Let's check if the entry ____, and do this and that if so. which one should I use? has changed had changed was changed has been changed And an explanation …