Sep 13, 2014 · Banzai charges had some successes at the ends of battles by overcoming soldiers unprepared for such attacks. A human wave attack is an attack where masses of people attack, …

Aug 5, 2024 · I (Australian) have never heard "high-skilled", and on reading it I automatically wondered how it would differ from "highly skilled". As a result it suggested to me somebody who has learned …

Jul 7, 2015 · This is utterly incorrect. Using the most in the example in the question here is perfectly grammatical and exceedingly common. There is nothing ungrammatical or incorrect about it. The …

Nov 29, 2023 · Literally (or at least in ancient Greece) a lyric poem was actually a song accompanied by the lyre, going back to poets like Sappho and Alkaios from the island of Lesbos in the 7th century …

Apr 19, 2012 · Flipping seems pretty straightforward, so the real question here is, where did "the bird " come from? Here's one account: bird (3) "middle finger held up in a rude gesture," slang derived from …

Oct 18, 2012 · With is an instrumental usage, as if English is being considered as a tool -- proficient with knives, proficient with horses, proficient with languages, especially English. Perfectly cromulent, but …

Jun 11, 2016 · While true, banzai and the similar wànsui in Chinese are often used to indicate an arbitrarily large number, similar to the way English speakers would say "May you live a thousand …

Is there a word that describes someone who continually tries something but always fails? This isn't describing in the positive sense - as in someone who never gives up - but more about the negative...

Jun 30, 2016 · What is the word for something that you have to do (mainly because someone is expecting you to do), even though you don't want to do it, but you still do it. In other words, doing …

Sep 16, 2020 · At least the more weird-looking ones are called gnarls. gnarl: A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. [Wiktionary] The word knot may be used …