The English Language

[MartinCarpenter]

Looking at the OED (for consort), not always anything. Wife is a fairly specific term - gender specific obviously, but also a legal thing - and consort is somewhat broader. Not used all that often in modern English I think.

[Mick Norris]

Used in the context of the Mayor locally at least as Consorts have often been the same sex as the Mayor

[MartinCarpenter]

Partner/spouse not being formal enough in context I suppose. Maybe its due a comeback then

[IM Jack Rudd]

Looking at the OED (for consort), not always anything. Wife is a fairly specific term - gender specific obviously, but also a legal thing - and consort is somewhat broader. Not used all that often in modern English I think.

The usual context in which I hear it is in relation to the monarch's spouse - the queen's husband is the Prince Consort.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Thank you.

What does 'just ' mean in:
...this pawn will be just too weak

[Barry Sandercock]

The sentence would mean the same thing without the word " just".

[Matt Mackenzie]

IMO the addition of "just" emphasises its weakness - "simply too weak" would be another near identical expression.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Some distributers Must pay me mony. What would I call this money?
If I had to pay someone, the amount would be 'due', right?
What if someone has to pay me?

[Barry Sandercock]

Call it "income". There are probably other words too.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Well he has not yet paid me back

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Hi
What does make this point mean in:
What is also striking is that both of these ascetics not only repudiate caste but also the divisions between Hindus and others; and both are prepared to appropriate Christian symbols to make this point.

?Thanks in addvance

[MartinCarpenter]

That they're using Christian symbols to try and demonstrate that caste/the divisions between Hindus and other peoples aren't a good idea.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Thanks

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What does it mean that
He has given up a pawn, careless when, if ever, he recovers it provided his pawn at e5 is maintained as an instrument to cramp Black's game.
?

[IM Jack Rudd]

"Careless" looks to me like a mistranslation of something that should be rendered as "not caring", if I've got the meaning of the sentence right.