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Jan 2 |
comment |
“to be all but X” I assumed that the idea was that "all but X" means "everything similar to X, but not X", so that, for example, if a house is "all but destroyed", it suffers every possible type of damage short of actual destruction. |
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Dec 26 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Mar 24 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Mar 24 |
answered | Is 'petrichor' the only noun in English that means a specific scent? |
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Mar 24 |
awarded | Autobiographer |