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Bookmark or Share- What does homie mean? - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeThe etymology of "homie" is unclear, but since it's most commonly associated with Latino slang I always assumed that it derived from the Spanish hombre, which means "man" but is used to refer to any male who you are close to or at least friendly with. Wikipedia gives other possible explanations.
- How do we respectfully address kids whose names we don't know?Now days, "Young Man" and "Young Lady" are usually terms that I use whenever I want to address kids with any amount of respect. While these terms generally do a lot for the kids in terms of feeling like fancy adults, there really isn't a way to show a great deal of respect to children.
- grammar - Confusion about the use of 'quite' in 'quite a bit', 'quite a ...(I don't know if he knows a lot or a little about gardening, because of a bit is used here.) A: We bought quite a lot of new furniture, didn’t we? B: Yeah, quite a bit. (Do quite a lot and quite a bit suggest the same meaning? Does quite a bit mean "very little"?) There were quite a few of us at the meeting. (What does quite a few mean? Does ...
- Word to describe a person who spends extremely little moneyThis word comes from the Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol - Ebenezer Scrooge is a rich but very mean man who makes his employees work long hours for little pay. Here's a picture of someone in the role of Mr Scrooge: A "tightwad" and a "cheapskate" are also people who don't like to spend money. These words are a bit less negative, though ...
- expressions - " (a) little less" in a sentence - English Language ...A little less. And not: Little less. Similar phrases would be: A great deal more. A lot less. However, "little" seems to be somewhat of a special case, in that we don't need to say anything like "a little amount", "a little" suffices of its own to describe the quantity. UPDATE. With regards to: John is eating little less salt than usual.
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