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2004年10月15日 · Posh (noun) meaning money, is almost 100 years older. Posh (noun) meaning a dandy is about 30 years older. Posh is in regular use, with or without the tarnished image suggested above. Add a generous dose of pretentious to smart, stylish, splendid and luxurious.
2021年4月2日 · Apr 2, 2021. #4. Without knowing which school it was I am only guessing, but I imagine that the speaker is using the term "a posh school" in the way his parents might have done, for whom any boarding school would be "posh" (there are some free state-run boarding schools in Britain, but they are rare). After saying "a posh school", he then says ...
2007年10月16日 · I am excited to announce that we have started a new English-Portuguese (Brazilian) dictionary here at WordReference. I am releasing it now in "beta" form. It currently covers the most common English words and phrases, and should grow fairly quickly to cover many more terms. A Portuguese to English side will be coming in the near future.
2013年11月22日 · Nov 22, 2013. #2. Joh n Fitzgerald Kennedy - 1 surname. Thomas Woodrow Wilson - 1 surname. Norma Jean Mortenson- 2 first names. Barack Hussein Obama- 2 first names. In all four cases, we call the first name a first name * or given name. We call the second the middle name (whether or not it was originally a surname).
2010年7月16日 · 2. Would you be so kind as to…. This phrase makes you sound almost sarcastic, as if you think the other person is likely to refuse your request. In business, a person doesn't need to be "kind" to do something: it's generally their job! Instead, use a phrase such as "Could you…". or "I'd be grateful if you could…." to make a request.
2006年10月17日 · English - US. Nov 6, 2014. #55. The pound sign (#) is often used in addresses in the U.S. to indicate apartment numbers, but not street addresses. So we'd write 7 Burlington Crescent or 4255 High St. But if the person was in an apartment located at 4255 High Street, we might write 4255 High St., #5A.
2008年5月30日 · Canadian English. May 30, 2008. #1. << I am sufficiently sophonsified / suffonsified >>. This is a colloquialism meaning "I've had enough to eat, thank you". The word "sophonsified" cannot be found in any dictionary, yet it has been around Canada for a very long time.
2016年9月15日 · English - the King's. Sep 15, 2016. #2. Hi angelene001, yes, "which class are you in?" is the right question to receive that answer in the British education system for primary school. Older children might ask "what year are you in?", and would get the answer "year six/seven" or whatever.
2006年1月28日 · Jan 28, 2006. #2. The 'correct' terms are maternal grandfather and grandmother for your mother's parents and paternal grandfather and grandmother for your father's. However, most people grow up using a "babyname" for at least one set of them - Nan, Gran, Gramps, Dads etc. The list is endless.
