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In no way would it sound like an invitation for sex. It might be used as an excuse to get personal details. If for example it was your honeymoon, they might well be saying something slightly lewd. "D …

The company has/ We have a history of good customer service. The University has/ We have a history of producing qualified scientists. The school has/ They have a history of racial discrimination. …

Years ago when the authorities first started testing IQ in younger school children, it was 'proven' that lower income people had lower IQs. In the beginning that was taken at face value until some sma …

Yes, likely it was intended. Family is important. Things that matter to the family. This could also often infer that it is not business to be shared outsiders. (Father's Last Will and Testament is a …

...or you are enjoying the early bird period... Out of context, it is an awkward phrase. If it is perhaps about the first class of the day in a college or university, sometimes they start at 7:00 …

Not saying Stoney is wrong because I have never been to Tinder, but could straight to smashing also mean shortest route to excellence/the best result? smash·ing adjective BRITISH informal ex …

Is this person a Fellow? Link(countable noun A fellow of an academic or professional association is someone who is a specially elected member of it, usually because of their work or achievements or as …

It refers to LINK defined as an absent cause because it is nowhere present in and of itself as an actual element. This is confusing and theoretical and for me, almost impossible to explain to …

Old English dǣlan ‘divide,’ ‘participate,’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch deel and German Teil ‘part’ (noun), also to dole1. The sense ‘divide’ gave rise to ‘distribute,’ hence sense 1 of …

Couch surfing, or: "I surf couches." Means sleeping on a friend's sofa and then moving to another friend's place to sleep on their couch. couch-surf (from Google Dictionary) verb informal g …

"you can always tell a Harvard man" please add, "but you can't tell him much." Presumably coined by a Yale man/student or graduate, it makes reference to the University of Harvard, an Ivy League scho …

personal liberty Dictionary.com noun 1. the liberty of an individual to do his or her will freely except for those restraints imposed by law to safeguard the physical, moral, political, and e …

I thought you asked this question a few days ago. I must have premonitions! This depends on the rule of thumb/ the way they do it where you are from. I say February 3, 2017 or 02/03/17, but in many …

I think that unless the question is time specific and it matters what you did precisely in the past x amount of time and you have those exact times (i.e. 8:59am and 10:59am), then you answer it casual …

Facebook, like Stack Exchange, has its own set of rules. It makes sense after a while, but not always to a newer person. In my opinion, a time frame needs only to be specific when it must be specific …