Topics: Ask an American: Socially Responsible Companies case study, to be at sea, to knock (someones) socks off, to take ones time Words: bottom line impact sustainable shareholder stakeholder to inch up behind the scenes pension investors commonplac...
Topics: American folklore: Bigfoot; Whos on First?, to tear apart, Cliff Notes, to fall out of love Words: UFO folklore Pacific Northwest hoax sighting creature comedy routine duo nickname play on words to tear apart (someone or something) Cliff Note...
Topics: Why Americans dont use the metric system, how to dress in Los Angeles versus New York, yutz, to go back to square one, what to call your cousins son, Im done with you Words: signatory to establish commission competitive dress code to crack th...
Topics: American cities: Nashville, Grand Ole Opry; school fund-raisers, to hold on to your hat, to be put inside, a blow-by-blow account Words: Hall of Fame to be inducted into dialect fund-raiser funds raffle to grow weary to do away with to get ri...
Topics: Ask an American: Raising children one of those, reply versus answer, customer versus purchaser Words: to be in competition stressed out to get (someone) into (something) to pause to build self-esteem competent capable its all about the (somet...
Topics: the Pledge of Allegiance, tomato as fruit versus vegetable, to be raised versus to grow up, buy versus purchase, to take the bull by the horns, can versus may versus could when asking for permission Words: pledge allegiance unison to stand fo...
Topics: American cities: Honolulu fantasy sports camps, to freeze a bra, coupon versus voucher, illicit versus illegal Words: monarchy to annex to overthrow territory palace harbor fantasy to coach all-star autograph bra slumber party coupon voucher...
Topics: Traveling in the U.S., gimmick versus trick, to call em like you see em, spite versus respite, in demand versus on demand Words: the open road spats KOA hitch GPS pop-up AAA bicentennial gimmick trick to call em like you see em in demand on d...
Topics: Ask an American: Losing weight in America; 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, to be (someones) man through and through, doggone, to see ones share of (something), to say (something) 10 times fast Words: to pass (something) around scale to last r...
Topics: McJobs; Roberts Rules of Order; in for a dime, in for a dollar; a police officers beat, could versus would, center versus centre Words: McJob low-prestige advancement dead end to be regulated service industry turnover to polish McMansion coun...