The phrase à la mode was imported into English as a francophile (and therefore stylish) way of saying "in style." As Peter Shor notes in a comment above (and as the quotation from Pepys's 1667 diary confirms), à la mode was in use in France in the phrase "bouef à la mode" almost certainly before the anglicized "alamode beef" took hold in ...

À la mode means served with ice cream in this context. EDIT: The expression à la mode is French for "in ...

In English, we use a la carte and a la mode, but it is also common for people to add their own word to the basic construction. For example, one might comment on someone's dancing: He showed us some moves a la 1987. One might comment on a public address: She addressed the assembled parents a la Evita Perón.

2024年5月22日 · It also makes a discreetly partial appearance in Jonathan Swift, Tittle Tattle; Or, Taste A-la-mode: A New Farce (1749): Col. Witling. Well! I am like the Butcher that was looking for his Knife, and he had it in his Mouth ; I have been searching my Pocket for my Snuff-Box,—and, egad, here 'tis in my Hand. Miss Notable.

Is there a difference between a bit, a little bit and a little in the following context? He is a little bit angry. He is a little angry. He is a bit angry. Or do these sentences mean the same...

All is not a addressing mode, when we talk to somebody we can use all to denote a group of people but while writing an email it surely doesn’t make any sense. Dear All is surely not correct English to start with the email, rather you could use dear colleagues at a workplace.

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Which expression is better? Which is right? Why? A. Sorry to disturb you at weekend. B. Sorry to disturb you on weekend. C. Sorry to disturb you at weekends. D. Sorry to dist...

2015年1月4日 · @Mitch: Admittedly, my downvote was partly because I find the usage being queried offensive. But it was mainly because the meaning is blindingly obvious looking at any of the first five results returned by googling "gonna nig", which to me means OP made no real effort to find an answer elsewhere.

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