US /ʌv minz/
・UK /əv mi:nz/
Someone who's mischievous might also be devious, so it warps into "mischievous." Espresso can make you go fast, so it gets contaminated with "express," hence "expresso." This word is traditionally pronounced "door" as in "endure," but since it kind of means sour, it's slowly becoming "dour." According to a 1996 American Heritage Dictionary survey, two-thirds of people preferred the traditional pronunciation,
This word is traditionally pronounced dure as in endure, but since it kind of means sour, it's slowly becoming dower.
Well, 'kind of' means the same,
The word sort of means that something really happened a certain way, but Americans usually use this word to exaggerate.
The word sort of means that something really happened a certain way,
And in this case, on a clock, we're saying ahead of. You're ahead of the other people, the meeting starts at 9, maybe you arrived at 8.30, you're early. Okay? Can you come ahead of the other guys? We need to talk about something first. Come early. So, ahead of means to come early.
So, "ahead of" means to come early.
That world-beating chip industry Taiwan's so proud of means it has one of the largest trade surpluses with the United States.
That world-beating chip industry Taiwan's so proud of means it has one of the largest trade surpluses with the United States.
If there was no food, wine, people, bread, flowers, kind of means you're sad.
If there was no food, wine, people, bread, flowers, it kind of means you're sad.
So it sort of means to pretend to be happy when doing something that you really don't want to do.
So it sort of means to pretend to be happy when doing something that you really don't want to do.
It sort of means good for you and good luck.
It sort of means good for you and good luck.
So decent just kind of means, uh, it's kind of a, uh, more, uh, intelligent way of saying like okay, like 50%.
half-decent so decent just kind of means it's kind of a more
"A lot of" means a large amount or number.
A lot of means a large amount or number.