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Around Hiram's barn
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Why do translations refer to the original language with a definite article, e.g. "translated from the Spanish"?
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Does "apprised in" have a meaning distinct from "apprised of"
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By bus (on the bus), by car (in the car), by motorbike (on the motorbike)
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Is the use of the positive "anymore" considered correct?
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New way of understanding the present perfect tense
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What's a word to describe people who blindly follow their government without question?
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What’s a word for deliberately slow and sexy?
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What is a word similar to rappel describing ascension via a rope?
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Is there a distinct term for acronyms with multi-letter parts?
Awarded Sep 13 at 23:04
What is "What *is*."?
Awarded Sep 13 at 19:37
Origin of the expression "and then I found five dollars"
Awarded Sep 13 at 8:18
What is a word for someone who disregards the harms to others to get what they want?
Awarded Sep 13 at 4:56
Meaning of "go to!" as an (old) exclamation
Awarded Sep 9 at 12:57
Meaning of "go to!" as an (old) exclamation
Awarded Sep 9 at 12:57
what will come "should" or "shall"?
Awarded Sep 9 at 8:06
Something that sounds good but has no true meaning
Awarded Sep 8 at 14:07
What does "F5" mean in this context?
Awarded Sep 7 at 8:49
Should "lecturer" be capitalised?
Awarded Sep 6 at 21:32
Is it correct to use "how's" as short for "how does"?
Awarded Sep 6 at 20:42
Help recall the exact idiom "I'm against my brother, I'm with my brother against my cousin, I'm with my brother and cousing against everyone else"
Awarded Sep 6 at 15:51
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Awarded Sep 6 at 6:51
What does "dare not" mean in a literary context?
Awarded Sep 6 at 3:23
Word for when someone tries to make others hate each other
Awarded Sep 5 at 17:55
What's "the archetypal book" called?
Awarded Sep 4 at 17:23
Word for when someone tries to make others hate each other
Awarded Sep 4 at 17:11
Origin of "Yes" joke to a question
Awarded Sep 4 at 11:46
Word for when someone tries to make others hate each other
Awarded Sep 4 at 0:46
What is the meaning of "I’ll be up you for the rent"?
Awarded Sep 3 at 20:00
Word for a collection of awards, such as an Olympic athlete’s earned medals
Awarded Sep 3 at 15:34
Is there a common abbreviation for "with or without"? e.g. w/wo or w/w/o
Awarded Sep 3 at 14:47
Less "aggressive" synonym for "left the company"
Awarded Sep 2 at 17:07
The word for a serious situation that doesn't look it
Awarded Sep 2 at 13:02
Word to describe telling yourself that you are not, and will never be, good enough
Awarded Sep 2 at 4:06
Word that describes many common household purchases
Awarded Sep 1 at 17:13
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Awarded Aug 31 at 23:32
Word for a collection of awards, such as an Olympic athlete’s earned medals
Awarded Aug 31 at 21:50
How would you say a couple of letters (as in mail) if they're not necessarily letters?
Awarded Aug 31 at 13:51
Are "after" and "before" inclusive or exclusive in common everyday language usage?
Awarded Aug 31 at 8:52
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Awarded Aug 30 at 17:08
Is there a phrase for someone who's really bad at cooking?
Awarded Aug 30 at 8:16
apostrophe rules in academic writing
Awarded Aug 29 at 19:09
What would be non-slang equivalent of "copium"?
Awarded Aug 29 at 12:06
What would be non-slang equivalent of "copium"?
Awarded Aug 28 at 22:57
What is the meaning of “forty ways”?
Awarded Aug 28 at 13:46
Meaning of “ ’thwart” in a 19th century poem
Awarded Aug 28 at 10:41
What does "losing one's ass" mean?
Awarded Aug 28 at 4:15
Meaning of “ ’thwart” in a 19th century poem
Awarded Aug 27 at 10:42
A word for someone always defaming people whilst constantly trying to affirm their own uprightness
Awarded Aug 26 at 14:56
Are hanging hyphens all necessary when talking about "award-winning"?
Awarded Aug 25 at 14:18
Can the subjunctive mood be combined with ‘Be to+infinitive’?
Awarded Aug 25 at 3:21
Why is it a "vexed question", rather than a "vexing question"?
Awarded Aug 25 at 3:10
Is it correct to say your pronouns are "she/they" or should it be "she/them"?
Awarded Aug 24 at 1:48
What does "box-ticker" mean when applied to a person?
Awarded Aug 23 at 14:56
Is there an antonym for "pejorative"?
Awarded Aug 22 at 14:07
What are the words that mean to make something (look) smaller?
Awarded Aug 22 at 6:56
Do linguists have a noun for referring to pieces of commendatory language, as a sort of antonym of 'pejoratives'?
Awarded Aug 21 at 23:05
What is a word/phrase that best describes a "blatant disregard or neglect" for something, but with the connotation of that they should have known?
Awarded Aug 21 at 15:43
What's wrong with constructions like "Dragons are big, green, and eat people."?
Awarded Aug 21 at 8:27
Are there examples of triple entendres in English?
Awarded Aug 20 at 15:23
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