CHUNK OF THE DAY Word of the day: prescribe If you're ill and go to the doctor’s, once the doctor has examined you and discussed your symptoms, they'll usually 08-09-2019 Word of the day: pop-up Apologies for not having written one of these word / chunk of the day posts for quite some time. I've 03-08-2019 Phrase of the day: Nae bother I have just come back from Scotland, where I was giving the keynote talk at the City of Glasgow College’s 13-06-2019 Chunk of the day: go through a rough patch According to some recent research I read, the number of divorces in the UK last year was highest among men 29-01-2019 Word of the day: nippy After an Indian summer - a period of warm weather in autumn, a time when it's usually pretty cold - 03-12-2018 Phrase of the day: When I win the lottery Almost everyone who has learned English in class has probably had that lesson where you study second conditionals. In a 12-11-2018 Word of the day: schlep In a recent post on the word pogrom, we looked at language connected to the dark human tendency to blame 06-11-2018 Word of the day: pogrom Recently, in a break from the norm, the Guardian newspaper here ran a whole series of features on the capital 22-10-2018 Word of the day: march A march is when a large group of people walk down the streets protesting against something – or in support 03-10-2018 Word of the day: the all-clear As anyone who has ever watched a loved one fight against it will know, cancer is a truly horrible disease. 02-10-2018 « Previous 1 2 3 4 … 17 Next »
