Search results

How do native speakers differentiate those two in their usage? From an English learner in Japan. Thanks for your help in advance !!!

...conversation? One of the dictionary says: A magistrate is a judicial officer; in ancient Rome, the word magistratus denoted one of the highest government officers with judicial and executive powers. Today, in common law systems, a magistrate has limited law enforcement and administration...

I checked several dictionary, but couldn't find clear difference...exactly same?

spat, hassle, scrimmage or scuffle? Which one is the most popularly used, and which one is almost never used, if any? Thanks for your help in advance !!!

My dictionary says --> "secret or dishonest activities, usually of a complicated and amusing or interesting type". How is it differ from "con" or "fraud"? Is it used popularly?

...other quite similar words? I think I have rough images for those, but would like to know how they're used differently in real life conversation.

...other quite similar words? I think I have rough images for those, but would like to know how they're used differently in real life conversation.