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What are the differences between to sweet-talk, smooth-talk- butter up, suck up to, cajole, coax, wheedle, inveigle, beguile, and get round someone? [closed]
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"That NP is Ving" as a noun phrase: different degrees of acceptability for different nesting?
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Is there a word or phrase for questioning authority?
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How common is “you lot” for a group of exactly two persons and under what circumstances can it be used as such if any?
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Is it "banknote" or "bank note"?
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Correct usage of lbs. as in "pounds" of weight
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Is "bet" only used by vulgar people? [closed]
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How would you let a reader know of a long sentence intonation?
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On the offset - Is it a correct expression? [closed]
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Use of exclusive "we" with no explicit clarification
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What exactly is a "building" in Britain?
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Why is "second" an adverb in "came a close second"?
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A descriptive noun (slang term?) for “cordial while also inept and disagreeable”
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get it done VS get it to be done
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What are common words in which written ‹i› is pronounced as the phoneme /ai/?
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Why is an article often used with (the) Rubik's cube, although other "name+'s" constructions usually don't use one?
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Correct usage: "Which" or "that" in a trailing em dash clause
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Is there a term like "antonym" but for words of opposite sentiment?
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The origin of awesomesauce and weak sauce
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What is the meaning of "pouf"?
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Why is "dark" an adverb in "dark blue"?
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How can the drop in the use of the term 'mental health' in the 80s be explained?
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What's the meaning of "QTY"?
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Do you need a definite article here?
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Bell crank, bell-crank or bellcrank? [duplicate]
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Noun for "send"?
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Does English have example of oa / о "alteration"?
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Usage of 'convalesce' as a transitive verb
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Should I write "PhD" or "Ph.D."?
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What is the passive voice of sentence "When I met you." [closed]
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"Wish in one hand, tacky in the other. See which fills up first". What's the meaning of "tacky" here?
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"Wish in one hand, tacky in the other. See which fills up first". What's the meaning of "tacky" here?
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'Out the way' vs 'Out of the way'
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How to correctly translate "управляющая" to English? Is "head maid" only appropriate translation?
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'Throne' for a Lavatory
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Why is J often used to represent a "Y" sound in Romanizations of other writing systems?
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Is there precedent for eventually dropping apostrophes from words? If so how long does it normally take for the word to evolve
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Does the word "some" mean the same group of things or not?
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