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All About Apples
Expressions with the word apple*American as apple pie to be typically American A small house with a white picket fence is supposed to be as American as apple pie. *in apple-pie order Fig. in very good...
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Special Vocabulary: Sugar
English-Spanish Glossary Sugar-related terms:brown sugar: azúcar negracaster sugar: azúcar extrafino, azúcar de lustrepowdered sugar (also known as confectioner's sugar or icing sugar): azúcar...
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Sandwich Slang
There are a number of other words that can be used in the place of the term sandwich.Sarney or Sarnie - EnglandButty - EnglandBap - EnglandBarmcake - Staffordshire, EnglandBrotwanger - GermanyGrainy...
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Food & Cooking: Types of Sauces
arrabbiata: tomato sauce with hot chillibéchamel: white sauce (milk thickened with a butter and flour roux)bolognese: finely minced meat, tomato and garlic saucecarbonara: smoked bacon, egg, cream and...
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Types of baths & bath products
Types of baths bubble bath - a bath in which you add something to foam and scent the bath water mud bath - a bath in warm mud (as for treating rheumatism) footbath - a small bathtub for warming or...
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Special Vocabulary: Hands & Feet
English-Spanish Glossary: Handsacrylic nails: uñas esculpidasball of the thumb: eminencia tenarclippers: alicatecuticle: cutículafingerprint: huella digitalindex finger: dedo índiceknuckles:...
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Colour: Effects & Meanings
A link which includes issues related to colour such as:Symbolism & EmotionsEffects on the BodyEffects on VisionColor ChatterThe Color PoliceColor Tales Especially recommended section: Color Matters...
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Literature & Politics: The Mitford Girls
Diana MitfordThe Mitford girls were six sisters (Deborah, Jessica, Nancy, Diana, Unity and Pamela) that belonged to an aristocratic English family. Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was a British writer who...
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The Colours of War: Military Camouflage
Camouflage is a type of clothing, fabric covering, or painted pattern used by militaries and armies to make it harder to see soldiers and weapons such as artillery guns and military vehicles....
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The army officer behind the poster
Horatio Kitchener (1850-1916), who was also known as Lord Kitchener, was a British army officer. He fought successfully in the Boer War. During World War I, he was responsible for buiding up the...
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Colours of World War I: Soldiers' Uniforms
British SoldiersBritish soldiers wore khahi or "service drab". The tunic of coarse serge was buttoned to the neck. Above black leather boots, puttees (cloth strips wound round the legs) extended from...
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Women & War: Vera Lynn
Dame Vera Lynn (1917- ) is an English singer who was very popular during World War II. She was known as the "Forces' Sweetheart" and entertained soldiers with songs such as "We'll Meet Again" and "The...
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Art & History: The Portrait That Was Destroyed
Graham Sutherland (August 24, 1903 – February 17, 1980) was an English artist. From 1940 Sutherland was employed as an official artist in World War II, as part of the War artist Scheme. He worked on...
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Royals in the Kitchen: Edward & Wallis Club
A club sandwich, also called a clubhouse sandwich or double-decker, is a sandwich with two layers of fillings between 3 slices of bread. It is often cut into quarters and held together by cocktail...
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Cars in Gatsby's Times: The Ford T
The Great Gatsby, the book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, features cars extensively. The Ford Model T is a type of car which became popular in the 1920s. It was an American car built between 1908 and...
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Women & War: Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in war factories during World War II, many of whom worked in the manufacturing plants that produced...
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Spinach: Was Popeye Right?
Popeye the Sailorman is a character in a US cartoon strip and cartoon films. Popeye is a sailor who smokes a pipe, and when he eats cans of spinach, his muscles immediately grow much bigger and he...
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Poppies: The Flowers of War
Poppies are plants that have brightly coloured flowers, especially red ones. For British people, the poppy represents the soldiers who died in the two World Wars, especially World War I, because these...
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Literature: The Bloomsbury Group
The Bloomsbury group was the name given to a literary group that made the Bloomsbury area of London the centre of its activities from 1904 to World War II. It included Virginia Woolf , Leonard Woolf...
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Phrases from Victorian Times: Think of England
Close your eyes (or lie back) and think of England is a British mainly humorous expression. It means that if you close your eyes and think of England when you have sex with someone, you do not enjoy...
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Poison in History and Literature
Historically speaking, Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519) is reputed to have handled poison skilfully. It was easy for Lucrezia to seduce men since she looked very sweet. She is described as having heavy...
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English Monarchs: George IV's Marriages
King George IV "Prinny" was a controversial figure in British history. As a young prince he fell in love with an older Roman Catholic, Maria Fitzherbert, and married her in secret. The marriage was...
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The Cartoon Character behind the Sandwich
A Dagwood sandwich is a tall, multi-layered sandwich made with a variety of meats, cheeses and condiments. It was named after Dagwood Bumstead, a central character in the comic strip Blondie, who is...
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The Princess Behind the Dessert
Charlotte russe is a dessert invented by the French chef Marie-Antoine Carême (1784–1833), who named it in honour of his former employer George IV's only child, Princess Charlotte , and his current,...
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All About Wine
Idioms with the word WineWine and dine: to entertain or be entertained with a meal and wine:We wined and dines them until late into the night.The cliché "wine, women, and song" is a rhetorical figure...
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