I’ve never heard that expression before! What does it mean?” “It’s an expression mostly limited to American English. When you say that you’re a day late and a dollar short, what you’re ...

The bluntness of this phrase is what really gets under Boomers’ skin. To them, “Hard pass” feels abrupt, dismissive, and kind ...

But in some contexts, the term has evolved to mean something more sinister: to eliminate or kill. According to lexicologists, the term “86” began as diner shorthand in the early 20th century.

Prevost is a polyglot who speaks English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. He also reads Latin and German. His fluency in Spanish, in particular, has helped him forge strong bonds with Latin ...

Are food allergies on the increase and if so, why? Neil and Alice talk about the growing fear of food and teach new words.

It comes on top of new English language requirements across every visa route, which will extend to adult dependents for the first time. The measures will be announced by Sir Keir Starmer today ...

Papua New Guinea reported the presence of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in healthy children from Lae City, Morobe Province, on May 9, 2025. The discovery, stemming from ...

Big wins are built from a lot of little plays. The Maple Leafs certainly have discovered that in the course of their first eight playoff games. Upon further review of taking a 2-0 lead Wednesday ...

The film hit theaters on May 2. The sneaky asterisk in the "Thunderbolts*" title officially has meaning. On Monday, Marvel unveiled the true name of the rag-tag group of superheroes as "The New ...

To play this audio you need to enable JavaScript. Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Feifei ...

Depending on how you use it, literally might mean one thing—or the complete ... But this use seems to have gained popularity in spoken English in the past few decades—and as it turns out ...