Blatant means obvious and often shameless. Flagrant means glaringly bad or clearly against rules, standards, or basic decency.
Why lieutenant can sound like leftenant in British English
British English often says leftenant, while American English says loo tenant. The difference comes from older French influenced history.
Basic Daily Activities Exercise
Level: A1. Topic: Basic Daily Activities. Each sentence has one blank marked as “….”.
What “foot the bill” means and where it likely comes from
“Foot the bill” means to pay the full cost. The phrase likely comes from bookkeeping, where the total was written at the foot of a bill.
How stereotype moved from printing to people
Stereotype first referred to a printing plate used for repeated copies. Later it came to mean a fixed, oversimplified idea about a group.
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