To broach a subject is to bring it up. A brooch is a decorative pin. These words both come from a word root meaning “something ….
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Bridal refers to something to do with a bride or a wedding. It comes from the Old English word brydealo for wedding feast. It’s formed ….
A breach is a break — whether it’s a breach in contract or a breach in a dam. A breach is a violation of a ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of boar is boar or less commonly boars. boar: the male of any of several mammals (such as ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of blood is blood. Blood is a non-countable noun. It has no plural. blood: the fluid that circulates ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of bison is bison. bison: any of several large bovine mammals (genus Bison) that have a long, broad ….
A bite is a portion that is taken away by the rasping of teeth or the wound left from the rasping of teeth. A bite ….
This can be ambiguous because these words are each formed from two different senses of the prefix “bi” meaning either “occurring every two” or “occurring ….
It’s “beyond the pale” and not “beyond the pail.” The phrase has nothing to do with buckets. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pale https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pail To go “beyond the pale” is ….
When I say “I better run to the grocery and get some eggs,” I mean “I had better,” abbreviated to “I’d better” and further abbreviated ….