Nicholas

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	age	36
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I was born and raised in Northern California, got my BA in English from the University of London, and now teach English in Beijing. Language and literature are my passions, but I also dabble in computer programming as a hobby.

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28	Name of castle part
24	Is there an American English equivalent of the British idiom “carrying coals to Newcastle”?
15	Why is “great” pronounced as “grate”, but spelled with “ea”?
14	How has the phrase the “Mecca of some activity” originated and not the “Rome” or “Athens”
14	When a patient goes to the doctor and does not have a health insurance plan, how is this appointment classified?

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+10	Where did the phrase “batsh*t crazy” come from?
+10	Why is “great” pronounced as “grate”, but spelled with “ea”?
+10	Origin of the idiom “falling off the wagon”
+10	Is there a term for a word coined to fit the rhyme/rhythm in a poem?

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61 idioms × 6	34 word-choice × 7
51 vocabulary × 4	24 phrase-requests
44 phrases × 4	24 american-english