What is a "feal"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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.
"Fall", "fell", "felled" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Oct 16, 2012 · How is the causative form of fall used in English? In the present tense, often enough, A tree falls in the woods, but a logger falls trees as well. but in the past tense, A tree …
differences - "get well soon" OR "feel better" - English Language ...
Apr 11, 2014 · I have not heard 'feel better' used, so I assume it is modern, casual and colloquial and therefore is most appropriate in less formal situations. 'Get well soon' seems to be used …
What is the etymology and meaning of "fill your boots"?
Oct 3, 2011 · A quick search yielded At the HMS Victory museum in Portsmouth UK, you can buy a thick leather cup lined with pitch. This is a replica of the sailor's mug used on board in …
Phrase for "Sharing the same feelings for each other"
Jun 3, 2016 · Can anybody help me with a good idiom or phrase which means "Sharing the same feelings for each other?
pejorative language - Is "jipped" a politically incorrect word ...
I recently read a line of chat conversation, where somebody said: … get jipped by some guy … A different user construed this as "casual racism", even though the whole conversatio...
translation - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
I've been looking for an English equivalent of the Chinese, "不怕神一样的对手 就怕猪一样的队友," which has been, rather directly, translated as: We fear not God-like rivals, but pig-like team …