peasant , farmer and others

1) What is the difference between a farmer and a peasant ?.Could a peasant mean a rude , tough man also?A peasant is a poor farming person. A farmer is considered
a person into farming without mention of his financial
status

2 ) If you have a phlegm , what is the suitable verb to use here that means get things out - belching-. What about hawk ?phlegmatic would be the adjective
to belch = burping, gas from stomach
hawk = 1. hunting (verb) 2. to clear your throat

3 ) Can we use the verb climb like the following ,

- I climbed down the stair. yes

- Just , climb here . ( in a car ) yes

I said this because I found it in some writing.

4 ) pick and choose a sentence ,

He was that excited sedate man. you can't be excited and sedate at the same time

He was that excited staid man. no good either

Give a more suitable word . [/b]I don't know what your
intend was. Is the man excited or sedate, both is not
possible?[/b]

the word peasant is not really commonly in use any more...it is usually used to refer to medieval farmers. peasant can also be used as a derrogitory term to imply that they are not sophisticated (like provincial )

phlegmatic may be the adjective but you'll never hear that used...phlegm is the only form that's ever used really. jane answered this, but a bit indirectly -- hawk would be the correct verb, aka, "hawk a loogie" (I have no idea how to spell that last word)

you can use climb that way, but you aren't using "stair" correctly...because stair refers to only a single step, and you probably want it to be plural to refer to the entire staircase

you can say just climb here, but the comma should not be there

the reason one cannot be both excited and sedate is because they are antonyms

He was that excited sedate man. you can't be excited and sedate at the same time

you are right C.jane .I was translating this literally from another language and didn't notice



I think the verb to go here is " hawk " , and I didn't ask about the adjective.

Thanks stuh and C.jane. :wink: