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What does “high letter, low letter” mean in contrast to “low number, high number”?
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Someone who is cunning but depicts themselves as innocent to others
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Meaning and origin of "bite the bullet"
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Did they say "hand job" in the 1800s?
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Difference between "somewhere" and "anywhere"
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Beginning a question with "Say,"?
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Synonym for "pissed off"
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Is there a good substitute for the word "scarper" in American English?
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Is there a term for "purposely deceptive behavior"?
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Is it correct to say "the bird is in the tree" or "on the tree"?
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Does "freak somebody out" mean "make somebody angry"?
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"slap yourself five"
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Trigonometry is to triangles as ____ is to circles
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Does appending a question mark to a declarative sentence result in a valid sentence?
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What's a less offensive substitute for "rep-whores"?
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The difference between "I used to" and "I'm used to"
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Is "straight from Kafka" an idiom?
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What does "It's not me, it's you?" mean in the phrase, “So why are more of us telling our banks, "It's not me, it's you?"
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How does one describe people who do not pick up irony, or vibes?
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What is the meaning of the expression "We can table this"?
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Is there any rule about splitting phrasal verbs?
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Is "I'm screwed" a rude expression?
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Do you capitalize the names of holidays?
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Non-sexual meaning of "to have a hard-on for someone"
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Why was Tokyo sometimes called "Tokio"?
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Stingy, miserly and frugal: What is the difference in usage?
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"Winner winner chicken dinner"
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Word for an animal that has been ridden too much?
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How would you define "Fluent" level in English?
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What is the English equivalent to the Chinese/Japanese saying, “塞翁失馬— Life is like Old Sai’s horse”?
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What's the difference in meaning and usage between "target" and "goal"?
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Why is there an "a" in "beggar"? Why not an "e"?
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What is a single word for a person who, as a habit, exaggerates a lot when relating information?
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What is the story behind "a-" prefix / suffix?
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Why is a bathroom sometimes called a "john"?
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Is "actioned" a valid word?
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Use of "concretely" for "specifically"
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What does "suite your self" mean?
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"Forbidden to" vs "Forbidden from"?
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Why are reveries sometimes called "brown" studies?
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What do you call money earned through unethical sources?
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Is there a word for someone who is a lover of the incidental or coincidence?
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Do I need "the" before the name of my university?
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What is difference between "a tad," "a bit," "a little?" Why do you use "a tad?"
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What does "to bleed something" mean?
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What does ‘Brace yourself’ really mean?
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Is there a single word for a member of a group who completes a job?
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Where [if anywhere] should the apostrophe go in "three days work"?
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How should I greet a close friend from the United States?
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Comma or no comma before "too"?
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What is the difference between "in-between" and "between"?
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Equivalent of "both" when referring to three or more items?
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What do you call someone whose rights have been taken away from them?
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What does "spam in a can" mean?
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"There are so many" vs. "There is so many"
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Why does "tell me about it" not mean "tell me about it"?
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What type of a literary device is this?
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Which is right: "drop-down" or "drop down"?
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What is the difference between "fine" and "good"?
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Is it "just as soon" or "just assume"?
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