![]() ![]() Characters drink alcohol regularly, at home, meals, and bars. The main male character is Asian American and his blended family is depicted as stable and loving (and Christmas-obsessed), despite some sibling rivalry. The main female character writes a column about dating, and the film has references to orgasms, sex, "seeing ass," virginity, d-k pics, underwear, and "screwing" an employee, but beyond some kissing there's no explicit sexual content. The idea of seeking love online, and the assumptions men and women make about each other based on superficial profiles, is a theme, as is the value of being authentic with oneself and one's friends, online and in person. “Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.Parents need to know that Love Hard is a holiday romantic comedy about a woman who gets catfished by a man she meets on a dating app. *The new teacher kept the children entertained with droll stories. The things the person says may not necessarily have you in splits, but they will keep you amused. When you refer to someone as being ‘droll’, you mean he is funny or humorous in an odd sort of way. ![]() The word rhymes with ‘role’, ‘pole’ and ‘coal’. *Laxman’s commonsense approach to the problem was refreshing. *Gayathri is very intelligent, but has no common sense. Some people choose to use a hyphen, instead - ‘common-sense’. When ‘common sense’ is used as a noun, it is spelt as two words. It can be spelt as one word or two - it depends on how the word is used. *Seeing pictures of his old school made Jai feel very nostalgic. *During her first two months in Seoul, Hema felt terribly homesick. In this case, you miss the people and the place you are from, and the thought ‘I wish I were home’ runs through your mind constantly. When you feel ‘homesick’, you long for home - it could be your country or your actual home. ![]() ‘Homesickness’, on the other hand, has more to do with the present. ‘Nostalgia’ is a longing for the past you recall the happy events that took place, and wish you could experience them all over again. Most referred to the 70s as the ‘good old times’. In the interviews shown on TV, some talked about the songs from Rajesh Khanna’s films and how integral they were in making their childhood a happy one. When the news channels announced the death of the former superstar Rajesh Khanna last week, a wave of nostalgia swept over people who were 35 and above. What is the difference between ‘homesick’ and ‘nostalgia’? There was nothing that the captain could do except wait for the high tide to come in. A ship that was left high and dry was in a vulnerable position. The ‘dry’ in the expression refers to the bottom of the ship a portion that was usually wet was now dry. It looked a lot ‘taller’ than when it was floating. When this happened, the ship was said to be ‘high’ - since most of the vessel was out of water, there was a lot more of the ship to see. The expression was originally used to refer to ships that had run aground - in other words, had come too close to shore and got stuck in the sandy bottom. *When they sensed trouble, Tarun’s partners resigned and left him high and dry. Another expression that has more or less the same meaning is ‘leave someone in the lurch’. You feel totally helpless, and are unable to think of ways to get out of your difficult situation. When your friends ‘leave you high and dry’, they desert you in your time of need you are left to fend for yourself. This idiom, mostly used in informal contexts, means to leave someone stranded. ![]() What is the meaning and origin of ‘leave someone high and dry’? ![]()
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