2015年1月27日 · Try doing a Google search on, say, "The brass at Apple" or, "The brass at GM". There's more to this than is said here. There's more to this than is said here. Even in the military, NCOs in many units would snicker at the idea of referring a lowly "butterbar" lieutenant as the brass unless it was uttered tongue-in-cheek.

2017年7月19日 · In U.S. Army Airborne exercises, based on 10 years of being a paratrooper, a Straphanger is an active paratrooper who is not on the jump manifest who is on standby to join the jump. After the initial manifest is verified, any open spaces available on the plane are then offered up to the Straphangers waiting in the wing.

I agree it's at least bordering on a "misuse". But the weatherman seems to be stumbling over his words anyway, and I suppose maybe we can also slightly excuse him because he imagines his audience are still totally committed to dealing with the current UK heatwave since his last broadcast (so he means "carry on dealing with it as you were yesterday").

When I refer to a section in-text, I use small letters like: ..(see section 1 for more details). I am proofreading a document using grammarily. I have appendix not section. ..(see appendix ...

2019年7月30日 · My class has also analysed this poem for English class. Regarding the use of "green wars" the main ideas we came up with were that it could mean army camouflage, mustard gas, and war with nature. Keep in mind, the poet probably had a few meanings in mind when writing the poem in this way. Readers will also apply different interpretations to this.

2013年2月5日 · Although they sound the same, and are spelled the same, the two words are completely unrelated. The chink in armor is a crack or split, and is a respectable word dating back to the 16th century.

2016年10月25日 · In a matter of days, the army will take back the city. In your source, the author is saying that if you do the wrong thing, you can "ruin things" very quickly. Contrast this phrase with the similar-sounding idiom "a matter of time," which refers to events that are inevitable, but not necessarily those that would happen quickly.

2015年2月19日 · Just use plain sign.. I signed the book. Sign on means something different - it means to register availability somehow, to be available over a communications medium, or the equivalent to logging in, i.e. sign on to that account.

2017年1月5日 · Maybe it depends whether the person you're talking to is actually in power now or maybe just a member of the royal family... Maybe it depends on what is your political status. I mean, clearly an army officer wouldn't title the queen the same way that a random baker does. Or maybe it doesn't matter and it's always the same?

2022年8月9日 · There is perhaps a slight difference. It's implied that a terrorist commits a terrorist attack.The classic definition of a terrorist is someone who is motivated by ideological beliefs, and often part of an organization like the Irish Republican Army (IRA) or Al-Qaeda.