Sep 13, 2014 · Banzai charges had some successes at the ends of battles by overcoming soldiers unprepared for such attacks. A human wave attack is an attack where masses of people attack, …

Aug 5, 2024 · I (Australian) have never heard "high-skilled", and on reading it I automatically wondered how it would differ from "highly skilled". As a result it suggested to me somebody who has learned …

Apr 19, 2012 · Flipping seems pretty straightforward, so the real question here is, where did "the bird " come from? Here's one account: bird (3) "middle finger held up in a rude gesture," slang derived from …

Jun 11, 2016 · While true, banzai and the similar wànsui in Chinese are often used to indicate an arbitrarily large number, similar to the way English speakers would say "May you live a thousand …

Jun 29, 2015 · Is there a difference between I noticed and I have noticed? What is the correct use of each of these? Thanks

Nov 4, 2018 · Using the example "to obtain similar to or similarly to," the latter sounds very strange even though similarly is definitely being used as an adverb. The sentence: "The fragments were obtained …

Jun 23, 2019 · I don't think this explanation works. As Peter Shor says in on comment on the earlier question about spicket/spigot, we don't hear the same variation with most other words with ck or g: …

Jun 30, 2016 · What is the word for something that you have to do (mainly because someone is expecting you to do), even though you don't want to do it, but you still do it. In other words, doing …

Result in is idiomatic and quite acceptable, but rewrite the rest of the sentence: Advanced Marketing Staff knowledge and skills which led to a dramatic increase in branch customers, and also resulted in …

Jul 20, 2016 · I listen to an advertisement on Toronto News Talk radio, and often hear the expression Terms and conditions apply at the end of the ad. It is spoken quickly. What does it mean? In one …