A feal is a sod of earth or peat used, in blocks, to build a wall. 'Fuel feal and divot' is a servitude right to use another's land for peat to burn, feal to build walls and divots to cover roofs.

Subjectively, I feel there is a difference between the two. Since the focus of "fell to the ground" is on the distance moved to the ground, I would expect the next sentence to focus on the …

Apr 11, 2014 · In my interpretation yes, "Get well soon", suggests that the person is verified to be ill as you are attaching a time-frame to your command, soon. This attachment implies that you …

(a) Feeling good is the usual phrase. (b) Feeling is not a "verb of being"; there are no such things. Rather, feeling is a sense verb, representing personal sensory perception and its metaphoric …

Feb 22, 2017 · Recently, I was reading articles on the net and realised that there is a lot of ambiguity over the usage of Dr. and Dr, Er. and Er etc. I usually prefer the dot while writing …

Why do we say “gimme five?” Because there are five fingers on the hand, being placed against the speaker’s open hand as in an act of giving. Same reason a slang synonym is “gimme …

I think the word wistful captures that sense of wishing for something, tinged with regret. I'm not sure that nostalgia requires you to have experienced the thing you're missing, but it does …

Feb 15, 2024 · According to an article in Slate which quotes Rosemary Feal, executive director of the MLA (Modern Language Association of America), this practice began in the USA "in the …

Nov 2, 2015 · I hired a private detective to see if I could cut a deal In the above sentence, why do we cut a deal? Should I replace it with make a deal? Is it a popular idiom in the native English …

Jan 31, 2022 · My father uses the expression "stoothing wall" to refer to a stud or internal wall. What is the origin of the word "stoothing" ? Is it ever used in any contexts other than "