Words & Wordplay - August 2006

2006-08-14 20:17:28 · 19 answers · asked by diva 1

I'm not a native english speaker. Could you kindly explain what "take something for granted" express?
Thanks

2006-08-14 19:57:23 · 7 answers · asked by Olivia 1

I want to know the name of the triangle "parachute plz. People usually take off from a mountain or something and go straight until they go down. I don't know the name of it though. It's shaped like a triangle, people hold on with both hands on a stick or something in front of them. It is for one person only. I need the name plz

2006-08-14 19:22:22 · 2 answers · asked by Rosiçky 2

why do americans call there language english but have so many differnt words and pharases ?like a few examples here,
head teacher =english,principle =american
dustbin trashcan

2006-08-14 18:10:39 · 14 answers · asked by stoke 2

I am on the bus, I am in the car. I am on the train , I am in the mall.

Someone told me that when you can stand up straight, like on an bus. it should be 'on' when you can not it should be 'in' ..

Can anybody confirm this. or give a better explanation.. or tell me why this is true or not ..

THANKS

2006-08-14 18:09:03 · 4 answers · asked by velle_b 2

2006-08-14 18:03:05 · 10 answers · asked by ? 1

President George W Bush has made it clear that he reads the Bible, prays to God, and that God told him to invade Iraq. Very recently he referred to the USA’s war against terror as a war against Islamic Fascists. The other side, the Islamic Fascists, of course refer to G W Bush and the USA as Christian Infidel Dogs and so the Holy War of Words go on, like good Christians at war against the Axis of Evil.

The above is quite mild to all the evil religious words being thrown by each side, but of course, it doesn’t stop there does it. The same sides, Christianity and Islam, are physically at war with each other, murdering innocent men, women and children in the process.

Humanity has a horrific track record of atrocities and killing caused by religion, and this war seems to be no different, just another Holy War in the name of religion, inflicting it’s madness once again onto humanity. Why is religion so evil?

2006-08-14 17:50:47 · 7 answers · asked by Brenda's World 4

2006-08-14 17:36:20 · 8 answers · asked by ₦âħí»€G 6

2006-08-14 16:55:46 · 9 answers · asked by mayo_girl_2006 2

2006-08-14 16:43:38 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-14 16:40:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

would hypocrisy apply?

example: walk down the street and comment that house needs to be painted. go home and your house has peeling, cracked paint that hasn't been painted in over 25 years kinda thing.

2006-08-14 16:28:31 · 18 answers · asked by MotherNature 4

in a work or social setting, without using vulgar words, and it has to be slightly humourous.

2006-08-14 16:06:43 · 17 answers · asked by eddies_online_interests 3

2006-08-14 15:52:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anthony D 1

thanx !

2006-08-14 15:27:49 · 3 answers · asked by chinawood 1

horscope

2006-08-14 15:25:27 · 10 answers · asked by back2cry 2

please explain to me and give a situation for saying it. Many thanks

2006-08-14 15:08:58 · 1 answers · asked by for2000 3

I have to be able to look it up in a dictionary.

2006-08-14 15:08:38 · 6 answers · asked by stickan8 3

...and what does that mean?

2006-08-14 14:51:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just to improve my vocabulary, and make me seem more intelligent than i really am.

Can you also please provide a quick definition.

2006-08-14 14:09:34 · 18 answers · asked by mehboobahmad 2

2006-08-14 13:41:40 · 7 answers · asked by Monica L 1

out of the name adrian (dude's name)?

2006-08-14 13:28:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-14 13:04:00 · 9 answers · asked by gooddy_2_shoee 4

youre on the bubble for something?

2006-08-14 12:57:54 · 18 answers · asked by wildcolt@sbcglobal.net 3

I'm guessing it might be a coupon, but I've never heard the word before. It seems to be associated somehow with Singapore.

2006-08-14 12:18:32 · 4 answers · asked by LazlaHollyfeld 6

2006-08-14 12:06:12 · 14 answers · asked by Jujeaux 6

2006-08-14 11:47:17 · 18 answers · asked by oliveirasgirl2000 3

oops i posted the last one as "What does aconoclast mean?" That's a wrong word. It's iconoclast. So does anyone know what it means? Can you tell me in easy definition?

2006-08-14 10:23:39 · 9 answers · asked by Daniel 2

All I want to *yawn* to is yawn. My *yawn* jaw is hurting from yawning so *yawn* much. I wish I could stop *yawn* yawning.

My question is: *yawn*

Did this make you yawn?

2006-08-14 09:53:40 · 13 answers · asked by iggwad ™ 5

dealing with spanish

2006-08-14 09:43:11 · 3 answers · asked by manhattanbrat 1