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• 1.Carrol's portmanteaus
• Reader question: Please explain portmanteau words, and give examples. My comments: A portmanteau word is one created from combining two existing words...
• 2.Lap dog
• Reader question: What is a lap dog, as in you're just his lap dog? My comments: A lap dog is a dog, a small pet dog, small enough to sit on its owner'...
• 3.Main Street vs. Wall Street
• Reader question: Main Street, Wall Street, what's the difference? My comments: Currently in the news, there's a general sense of doom and gloom over t...
• 4.Larger than life
• Reader question: In this sentence Pavarotti was known as much for his larger than life personality as he was for his voice please explain larger than ...
• 5.Self-defeating
• Reader question: In this paragraph In Pakistan and Afghanistan, anything that fuels the sense of an American crusade against Islam puts moderates on t...
• 6.New lease of life
• Reader question: What does new lease mean in Old hotel gets new lease on life? My comments: New lease on life is an American idiom meaning rejuvenatio...
• 7.Equal parts
• Reader question: What does this sentence He was equal parts friends, mentor and confidant mean? What is equal parts? My comments: The sentence means t...
• 8.Has Google lost its mojo?
• Reader question: What does this headline Has Google lost its mojo? mean? What is mojo? My comments: That headline asks: Has Google lost its entreprene...
• 9.Cut down at the knees
• Reader question: In this sentence That is why arguments against professionals in the Olympics will always be cut down at the knees what does cut down ...
• 10.Break a leg, Yao
• Reader question: In this sentence seen in a fan forum on the web Go break a leg, Yao break a leg is explained as good luck, how come? My comments: Bre...