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• 1.Ifs and buts
• Reader question: In this sentence I don't want any ifs and buts, just do as she says what do if and but mean? My comments: If and but here go hand in ...
• 2.Anything goes?
• Reader question: What does anything goes mean and, how to use it? My comments: It means everything is permitted, or tolerated. There's a party you're ...
• 3.One thing leads to another?
• Reader question: What does the expression one thing leads to another mean exactly? My comments: Cause and effect. Farfetched? Maybe, maybe not to me, ...
• 4.And whatnot?
• Reader question: In this Random thoughts and whatnot what's whatnot? My comments: Random thoughts and things like that. Whatnot means other things of ...
• 5.Come through?
• Reader question: In this sentence We need our main guys to come through what does come through mean exactly? It doesn't appear to be a complete senten...
• 6.Small Talk
• Reader question: What's small talk exactly? My comments: Small talk is gossip, chitchat, unimportant chatter, small being the significant adjective po...
• 7.Put on the spot?
• Reader question: What does this Don't put me on the spot like that mean? My comments: It means don't embarrass me like that. If we are put on the spot...
• 8.To look or not to look is the question
• What is the biggest cultural barrier for a Chinese to overcome when dealing with people from other countries? For me personally, it is none other than...
• 9.When things don't add up
• Reader question: What does it mean when people say things don't add up? My comments: Two and two don't add up to five. Two and two add up to four. Fiv...
• 10.Words and rhetoric
• Reader question: In this paragraph from a story on climate change ('Crunch time' for climate change, BBC.co.uk, December 12, 2007) If the world were c...