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  • Heavy is the head that wears the crown

    Heavy is the head that wears the crown

    Proverb: Heavy is the head that wears the crown We’re going to go back to Shakespeare for this one. The modern version of the proverb is heavy is the head that wears the crown, but Shakespeare in Henry IV originally wrote it as ‘uneasy is the head that wears a crown.’  In a nutshell, the…

  • Big Kahuna

    Big Kahuna

    WotD: Big Kahuna English is excellent at acquiring words from other languages.  Today, we have one from Hawaii. In Hawaiian, kahuna means an important person or shaman (medicine man). When we speak English, we are not speaking just one language; we are speaking almost every language in the world, or at least some parts of…

  • Kingpin

    Kingpin

    Word of the Day: Kingpin Kingpin is another useful word to know. The kingpin I am referring to here is not a king or a bowling pin. The kingpin is the most important person in an organization. For example, at ArtisanEnglish.jp, I am the kingpin.   It may make me sound important (which I am…