May 1, 2022 · I was reading a pamphlet titled 'The Wise saying' then saw this saying: "In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." By Martin …

Jun 9, 2016 · on the occasion of his death. while the use of at is a "shortened" version of: at the time of his death. Because those two events are inexorably intertwined, there is only a subtle …

Sep 6, 2022 · Either expression ("the death of my wife" or "my wife's death") is acceptable. Here is an ngram showing that both have been used roughly equally in the Google Books corpus …

Jun 16, 2020 · Someone trains a dog by setting it on neighbours. Neighbours tell him a threat so that the abuser will be scared of being arrested. Neighbours express a threat that they will go …

Feb 15, 2019 · Personified death is usually capitalized too, as in, "I turned around and saw Death. He was about 8 feet tall and looked like he could use a sandwich." As CompuChip says, we …

Apr 5, 2018 · 1) While a person is very tired and he is about to sleep, or alternatively before death or if having a structure of such eyes. It can be called simply "half-shut eyes" or "half closed …

Actually, Longman's dictionary has a helpful note about prepositions with 'die': "GRAMMAR: Prepositions with die • Someone dies of or from a disease or injury: He died of a heart attack.

Another word came up when I was discussing this with my husband - Defensive: excessively concerned with guarding against the real or imagined threat of criticism, injury to one's ego, or …

Jan 4, 2023 · until death part us (again with that "subjunctive" part ) In modern English we always use "do" support for questions and negatives, but only use it in an affirmative sense for …

Even people supporting traditional gender roles can understand "women hold up half the sky". (It's the basis for Community Property laws in US States with French and Spanish heritage: during …