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Is there a neat way to say the hour equivalent of 'today' or 'this week'?

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That's logic(al) [closed]

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Usage of the expression 'How long!' when reuniting with someone [closed]

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Idiomatic word/expression for someone ‘who doesn't feel the game’ - Translation of Spanish ‘pechofrío’

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Can you recommend to me some books or journals that will improve my level of writing skills effectively？ [closed]

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Origin of the phrase "crazy as a coon"—is it racist?

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Dozen means 12 and 10 [closed]

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What is the word for the fusing of, for example, "-ed" and the final consonant "d" to give the ending (with voice removed) of "bent"?

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Can you say "history alumni"?

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Does "with" come before "but"? [closed]

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Is it ever grammatically correct to use "hadn't had + V3"?

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Is Fridays for Future grammatical? [duplicate]

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What is this rhetorical device called (i.e. saying "the journal" while instead referring to an article inside the journal)?

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Usage of the words "but" and "without" in a particular author's context [duplicate]

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'lead' or 'led' [closed]

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Word for dangerous semi-knowledge, equivalent of German "gefährliches Halbwissen" [duplicate]

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Is "I gave a hundred dollars to my father, and she did so to her father" grammatical?

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'Clinch' used not for embrace but the romantic relationship itself?

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jam or jamming, gerund or infinitive in this particular case?

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"glad to V" vs. "glad (that) S V"

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To capitalize "castle" or not [closed]

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Past Simple or Present Perfect in meme [closed]

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How to translate "Travail de fin d'études" [closed]

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A term for mixture used for palatography

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Why does "cut hair from the top only a little bit" sound strange? [closed]

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Use of the verb ‘output’ [closed]

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Is this sentence is a conditional? "Marta on if she would ever make a tinder account" [closed]

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Which is the correct use of these prepositions?

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Does "until now" always imply that the action is finished?

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