This distinction which is clearly marked in French by the two different terms, bon and le bien, may be preserved in English by prefixing an article to the term when it is employed substantively. We call a tool or instrument good, if it serves the purpose for which it is intended. That...
That would have come from a post-Classical Latin word, cobalus or covalus "demon", which was borrowed from Greek kobalos "goblin", a word originally meaning "rogue, knave" + French -in, a suffix denoting a member of a group. This trail ends up in Greek, though. The suffix -in is...
Word History: Today's Good Word was lifted from Old French iniquité "wickedness", the French modification of Latin iniquitas "inequality, unevenness". Iniquitas is the qualitative noun from iniquus "unjust, unequal; uneven, slanting". This word is composed of in- "un-, not" + the ...
aI am interested in English ,but I am good at French 我是对英语感兴趣,但我在法语上是好 [translate] aand each course which he attends gives him a credit which he may count towards a degre 程度 [translate] athere is little in the way of semantics incorporated into this feature 一点用...
Old Englishgod(with a long "o"), "that which is good, a good thing; goodness; advantage, benefit; gift; virtue; property;" fromgood(adj.). Meaning "the good side" (of something) is from 1660s. Phrasefor good"finally, permanently" attested from 1711, a shortening offor good and all...
This expression is thought to derive from the French ils s’entendent comme larrons en foire‘as thick as thieves at a fair,’ where thick means ‘crowded, densely arranged.’ When at a fair was dropped from the expression, the figurative jump to thick‘close, intimate’ occurred; Theodore...
In English, these are all variations of “Good luck!”, and are used for very different situations. “Good luck” in French works the same way. Today might actually be your lucky day (pun intended), because we’re about to break down all the different ways you can wish someone luck in...
1: I speak English and French 2: I speak English as good as French 3: Could mean both 1,2...
6.actual:caught in the very act of stealing. 7.being such in the true or fullest sense of the term:the very heart of the matter. 8.Archaic. a.true; genuine. b.rightful or legitimate. [1200–50; Middle English < Old Frenchverai« Latinvērāxtruthful; seeveracious] ...
toodleoo Definitions include: Possibly a misspelling of the French "a` tout a` l'heure", meaning "see you later". deuces Definitions include: 20 inch auto rims. one Definitions include: goodbye. ta-ta Definitions include: breast. toodles Definitions include: "goodbye". slater alligator Definiti...