
word choice - Small mountain or low mountain? - English …
2018年2月12日 · A "low" mountain would be one that has an easier slope, and is usually surrounded by similarly low mountains, but is still taller than a foothill. If you can point out a low mountain among a mountain range, I'd go for "short", but if it's an average short mountain among many, you can use "low".
On / with a low budget - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2019年8月24日 · "On a low budget" is fine, but the construction isn't. It isn't clear what on a low budget refers to. Is it the movie goer, or the production of the movie, or something else.
terminology - Word for crossing the bottom of a valley - English ...
2016年10月12日 · From the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Earth Science:. valley floor The broad flat bottom of a valley. Also known as valley bottom; valley plain.
adjectives - "low educated"? "poorly educated"? Other - English ...
2015年9月21日 · I recommend using low levels of education for inclusion in an academic paper. You will note that the term low-educated women is also used in the OECD paper, above. With regard to your sample sentence, I suggest referring first to the wider group of women being studied, then to the sub-groups within. Example:
Collocation: Rates are large/small or high/low?
2018年9月2日 · The Oxford Collocations Dictionary suggests high/low for the 'speed/frequency' aspect of rate (the other aspect there is 'amount of money'). And also the adjectives are suggested: constant, expected, regular, steady, slow, fast, rapid, alarming, phenomenal, ever-increasing, rocketing , etc.
Proper adjective to use with the word "chance" ("low", "small", …
These usage stats suggest that overall, slim is somewhat preferred over small, and both are clearly preferred over low, on both sides of the pond. Further candidates range from poor to little to remote to slender to once-in-a-lifetime, but see for yourself. I will leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure out which of these does or does ...
Origin of "on the QT"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2011年2月14日 · Victorian music. I found an antedating. The University of Reading's Spellman Collection of Victorian Music Covers lists a song called You should see us on the strict "Q.T." from 1877 illustrated by Alfred Bryan, composed by Walter Redmond and written by Geoffrey Thorn.
What is the origin of the phrase "A Mountain I'm Willing to Die On"?
'A Mountain I'm Willing to Die On' refers to the most popular book in the world, the Bible. When Jesus, the son of God incarnate, is crucified, he dies on a hill. This hill (or knoll) is called Golgotha, or 'the place of the skull' (skull being round and hill-like).
"Good bye", "Bye", "Bye bye" - English Language & Usage Stack …
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What is the difference between a ravine, gorge and canyon?
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