Generate the answer for a given question. The question requires common knowledge of English. Make sure that the answer is in detail, long, consistent with the context, and requires general knowledge of English. To be less repetitive, please vary your language for each question. Give a proper explanation to answer, and if necessary, provide the definition of various terms. And conclude your answer if it's long. If you have used other resources (e.g., Merriam Webster's.) to answer the question, include citations in your answer. You don't need to paraphrase the context of your resources, but make sure that your answer is consistent and complete.

[Q]: Maybe this question is too simple for this site, and I should post it on the english-learners-site, but I will give it a try. Lets say we have 3 scenarios: A person who hates all followers of a specific religion, no matter what their background is, but otherwise likes people of all skin colors and origin countries who are not followers of a specific religion. A person who hates all people with a specific skin color, no matter what their background is, but otherwise likes followers of all religions and origin countries who do not have a specific skin color. A person who hates all people from a specific country, no matter what their background is, but otherwise likes followers of all religions and all skin colors who are not from a specific country. 'Hates' in this context means believing they are worthless, being prejudiced against them, generally discriminating against them, bad behaviour against them, and disliking them. 'likes' just means the opposite of my explanation above. So, based on this definition of the word racist: The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. Discrimination or prejudice based on race. Would you use the word racist to describe the person in all of the 3 examples I gave? Or are there better fitting words for specific forms of discrimination? Particularly for the first scenario (religion specific racism). I am looking for a better word to describe such a person. Religion is independent from race, and I am not sure if only country of origin is enough to relate to a specific race so that the word racist could fit here. Skin color is more obvious, but there could also be some discussion if a specific skin color already suffices to assign something to a specific race. (I am not a native english speaker, so sorry for any mistakes and if this is obvious for native speakers.) Edit: This question may be related to this Question and this Question, but I dont see it as a duplicate at all, because there are various different aspects in the question and answers. Also i could not find the questions by search before i wrote my question, maybe some of the answers and aspects are similar, but the questions itself are different in my opinion. But that is only my opinion, feel free to close this, if you think they are too similar. I got some useful answers already, so I dont insist to keep this open. I will accept the answer with most votes at the weekend, so the community decides which answer fits best.
[A]: Bigot is the term that you're looking for. bigot: a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc.; especially: a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group) - (Merriam-Webster)


[Q]: Possible Duplicate: When someone asks, 'How are you?' Every time when my colleges from USA ask me 'How are you?' I don't know what should I answer. I think that answer like 'Fine, thanks. What about you?' is not perfect. Could you provide patterns for such situation?.
[A]: Fine, thanks. What about you? There's nothing wrong with your answer, although it might get tiresome if you word it exactly the same way, every time you're asked. But the solution for that is to merely use a few simple variations: I'm doing great today - and you? Doing well, thanks. How about you? Not bad, yourself? Thanks for asking, I'm doing fine. I think it's usually best to avoid clever responses to such a standard question, particularly when you're with new acquaintences. Sure, you could reply with something like, 'I'm happy as a clam,' but that's not very professional, and it would probably undermine your credibility rather than enhance it. Such jocular ways of answering are best left said among close acquaintences when everyone is kidding around.


[Q]: First of all, I am not a native English speaker and not very good in English too. I had a technical problem in my software project and thus took help of somebody. She helped me to find the right way to resolve my issue. Can I say her, 'You are a path shower' to show my appreciation to her ? UPDATE: She always guides me when I am in trouble. Considering this, what more can I say her.
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It does not sound very natural to me, here are a few more alternatives - You are a saviour! Or You are a life saver. Or Thank you for enlightening me.