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・UK /æks/
Do you say "ask" or "ax"?
There's been prejudice against "ax" by those who consider "ask" to be the standard, but
So all I'm stuck with is using this ax.
You would use an ax to chop down a tree.
So we put a white ax to mark that we've checked it and it doesn't have anything dangerous in it.
He just picked up the dadgum ax, headed to the nursing home, and chopped up the whole kit and caboodle.
-What?! -Ax!
-Well, that's gonna be one tough "ax" to follow. [laughs]
Is it the equivalent of if you're going to chop down a tree, you need to spend some time sharpening your ax first rather than just chopping?
So yeah, sharpening the ax is a good tactic.
This is a hand ax about 1.7 to 1.5 million years old from Africa.
She say she spec' Mars Tom gwine to ax me to whitewash, an' so she tole me go 'long
We gotta grab the ax from the fire kit.
and give me my ax back.
Every time they swung the ax and they hit the wood like they were removing pieces, like chips of a size that you say, wow, if this guy hits the leg, he cut it and sliced it in half.