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When you use "hammered" as an adjective, it can mean drunk, and usually doesn't mean attacked: He is hammered. He was so hammered. It made him hammered. We got him hammered. When you use "hammer" as a transitive verb, it can mean attack, and usually doesn't mean drunk: That will hammer him. She hammered him. They had hammered him.
In some fields of physics, a "subzero temperature" may even mean a temperature below 0 Kelvin, see e.g. the Wikipedia article on negative temperatures. However, to emphasize the concept, other terms can be used, for example "sub-absolute-zero temperature" is used here .
[75% down the page] If the size of firms obeys a power law, economies will comprise some very big firms and a long tail of small ones. The fortunes of the biggest companies might then stir the whole
I mean, I can do it. Intend to say something. This shows your intention, emphasizing on what you particularly intend to say. I can do it, I mean it. Intend to do something; say something seriously; This one means to intend to do something or you're serious about what you're saying. The #2 definition is the main usage of your second sentence ...
But the Monday coming can be said as this Monday or next Monday. Often, if we mean the Monday coming, we say "this coming Monday" to clarify it, and if we mean the Monday after that, we say "Monday week" but Monday week can also be spoken as next Monday which makes it confusing and also incorrect.
The Merriam-Webster definition of "riff" the verb uses "riff" the noun. The M-W definition of the noun boils down (I think) to "a short musical phrase that repeats within a longer piece." Longman's and MacMillan's definitions are easier to understand: "a repeated series of notes in popular or jazz music" & "a short series of notes in jazz or ...
The idiom, comparing apples and oranges, refers to the apparent differences between items which are popularly thought to be incomparable or incommensurable, such as apples and oranges. The idiom may also be used to indicate that a false analogy has been made between two items, such as where an apple is faulted for not being a good orange. Share.
When you come across slang terms whose definition are hard to find, the Urban Dictionary can be a friend. (Just beware the amount of obscenity in it). fly. cool, in style. He was drivin some fly ass car. I'm so fly. The rapper way of saying that you are way cool. I'm so fly chicks wanna bang me when I drive by
When you examine the way “soul” or “souls” is used in the Bible, it becomes evident that this word basically refers to (1) people, (2) animals, or (3) the life that a person or an animal has. Let us consider some scriptures that present these three different senses. People. “In Noah’s day . . . a few people, that is, eight souls ...
2,555 13 17. Social fabric means a country's basic structure, way of life, traditions, customs, and beliefs. – sanya. Jun 1, 2017 at 9:45. @sanya: What you said is generally true. But In this context, I take the use of "facilities" to enhance the functioning of society, as opposed to the more static "traditions, customs, and beliefs."