In 2004 I moved from the Netherlands to the United States, and it's been great to experience a new culture from up close. I like to keep track of new English words and expressions that I learn over time.
Some of these words were completely new to me and for others I wasn't very sure about their precise meaning.
Word | Description | When found |
---|---|---|
to commute | 07/02/2007 | |
Clothes-pin | 06/30/2007 | |
Town and gown | 06/17/2007 | |
to play it by ear | 06/15/2007 | |
cooties | 06/15/2007 | |
(lemon) zest | 06/07/2007 | |
to hawk | 06/03/2007 | |
insidious | 06/02/2007 | |
coil | 06/01/2007 | |
obloquy | 05/29/2007 | |
getting the skinny on something | 05/24/2007 | |
harangue | 04/25/2007 | |
stupor | 04/19/2007 | |
oodles | 04/19/2007 | |
to steal someone's thunder | 04/18/2007 | |
cop a squat | 04/11/2007 | |
goslings | 04/11/2007 | |
to shoo away | 04/11/2007 | |
CliffsNotes | 04/11/2007 | |
"Is it bigger than a breadbasket?" | 04/11/2007 | |
fowl | 04/08/2007 | |
stupendous | 04/08/2007 | |
felicity | 04/08/2007 | |
smarty pants | 04/06/2007 | |
double-wide | 04/06/2007 |