English Language

2021-10-06 06:30:06 ugg boots | ugh boots

Meaning
soft sheepskin boots that originated in Australia

For example

I got my first pair of ugg boots back in the seventies when I was a teenage surfer.

Did you know that ugh boots have become popular in lots of countries outside Australia?

Note
This word has been the subject of ongoing disputes over its registration as a trademark by an American company. Many Australian manufacturers joined together in 2006 to form the "Save our Aussie Icon" campaign to keep this slang Australian word free of trademark restrictions.

Variety
This is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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2021-10-06 06:30:06 urge on Synonym: encourage

Meaning
If you urge somebody on, you encourage them to continue trying to do something.

For example

urge sb/sth on I urged Billy on by telling him I knew he could do it. And when he really believed he could do it too, he did it!

urge on sb/sth Good teachers urge on their weaker students, and help them to do their best.
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2021-10-05 06:30:02 a tall order

Meaning
If you say something's a tall order, you mean that it'll be hard to do or difficult to achieve.

For example

Winning six gold medals at the Olympic Games is a tall order, but not impossible. Mark Spitz won seven at the 1972 Olympics.

Getting kids to read 600-page books is a tall order these days, but the writer of the Harry Potter books has managed to do it.
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2021-10-05 06:30:02 Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear

Possible meaning
1. Speaking about the Devil may invite him to come. 2. We often say "Talk of the devil!" (or "Speak of the devil!") when somebody that we have just been speaking about suddenly appears.
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2021-10-04 06:30:00 tad

Meaning
slightly, a little

For example

The weather was nice during the day, but it was a tad chilly in the morning.

Paula's a lovely girl, but she's a tad shy when she meets new people.
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2021-10-04 06:30:00 tail off Synonym: taper off, dwindle

Meaning
to gradually become less in amount or lower in level

For example

tail off At first the book sold very well, but after a few months sales tailed off and now we only sell a few copies.

tail off We had many enquiries on the day the ad appeared, but they tailed off over the next few days.
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2021-10-03 06:30:02 (it) stands to reason

Meaning
You can say it stands to reason that something should be so if it seems reasonable to you that it should be so.

For example

If you eat good food and get plenty of exercise it stands to reason that you'll have a good chance of living to a ripe old age.

It stands to reason that kids who study the hardest get the best grades.
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2021-10-03 06:30:02 Say well or be still

Possible meaning
If you cannot speak good of someone or something, then it is better not to speak.

Note
say well (verb): say something good or nice | still (adj.): not moving; motionless; quiet (because you don't move your tongue)
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