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Can the word mountain be used as the meaning of burden?
I was listening to a song named 'Nobody loves me like you' by Chris Tomlin.
And there was an expression that You’re breaking down the weight of all my mountains.
Thinking by context I guess the ...
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Making sense of “What Do You Care What Other People Think?”
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is the title of a book by Richard Feynman.
The use of the first "what" sounds very unusual to me (a non-native speaker of English) since I've never seen ...
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Can some nation “approves” something to other countries?
I'm a South Korean.
Today there was an issue in Korea about what Donald Trump the US President said.
https://youtu.be/JLbLk2AUSjs?t=25
Donald Trump : They won't do that without our approval. They do ...
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How to understand “vanquished peoples”?
Can anyone decompose the following complex sentence into simpler ones?
"The narratives that vanquished peoples have created of their defeat have, according to Schivelbusch, fallen into several ...
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What does “If you are playing the Yankees, you don’t want the umpires to show up wearing pinstripes” mean? [closed]
The sentence goes:
A good judge, like a good umpire, cannot act as a partisan... If you are playing the Yankees, you don’t want the umpires to show up wearing pinstripes.
I cannot understand the ...
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What does “longest weak patch” mean?
I did not know the meaning of the part after the comma in the sentence:
Since May spending on projects ranging from railways to power plants has fallen compared with a year earlier, the longest ...
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This concerns extended sth
While the core features are free, additional functionality has to be bought. This concerns extended import/export options and rendering.
This means import/export/rendering are not free, right?
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“If this isn't flying, I don't know what is.” Is this sentence correct?
If this isn't flying, I don't know what is.
The meaning I'm trying to achieve is that
If this isn't flying, I don't know what else would be
Instead of
If this isn't flying, I don't know what ...
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Ad and Coupon: #1 pharmacist/doctor recommended and verb tense
I see on many coupons and ads in the paper such phrases that say: "#1 pharmacist recommended brand of magnesium," or "dermatologist recommended for over 65 years." How do I understand their syntax ...
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Robin sharma's following rivals that of Dalai Lama's meaning?
I came across below statement in one of the book
Robin sharma's following rivals that of Dalai Lama's
Does it means the same as >Robin sharma's following rivals of Dalai Lama's.
My understanding ...
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“Why does paper cut so well?”, ambiguous question?
I have posted a question titled "Why does paper cut so well?" (on the Physics stack exchange). After a while, I noticed that over 40 people understood the question as "Why is it so easy to cut paper (...
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correct interpretation/understanding of this sentence
I have the following 2 sentences:
1- I did not see any other classmates, except/but Michael.
2- I did not see any classmates, except/but Michael
For the first sentence can we understand that the ...
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what does the phrase “we see through you like it's glass” mean? [closed]
What does the phrase: "We see through you like it's glass" mean? could you explain, please?
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Sentences I'm not sure about
I've got sentences I'm not sure about in The Musgrave Ritual by Conan Doyle. Can someone clear it up?
In this case the matter was simplified by Brunton's intelligence being quite first-rate, so ...
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What is the difference in meaning between the sentences“You can be a singer or a dancer” and “You can either be a singer or a dancer”?
Do the sentences have the same meaning ?If they have same meaning,the use of the word"either" seems somewhat redundant in this particular type of sentences as the meaning still remains intact after ...
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What's the meaning of “They know every lick and tittle”?
So I watched Better Call Saul S04E05, Saul said to his client "They know every lick and tittle" for the answer of "Who is listening in the phone"... I couldn't find the meaning of "lick and tittle" ...
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How to say the following phrase [duplicate]
He could help you with what you need.
Or
He could help you in what you need.
I know the first one is correct but is the second one too?
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What does the phrase “improve one's decision making” in this sentence refer to?
The expectation of intelligent gossip is a powerful motive for serious
self-criticism, more powerful than New Year resolutions to improve
one’s decision making at work and at home.
What does "...
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Using a preposition with the word 'grant'
Obedience he had secured, and honor had been granted him...
My question is why is it 'granted him' and not 'granted to him?'
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What is the meaning of this quote from Barbara Ehrenreich?
I am currently reading Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich, and I read the quote
But Jesus makes his appearance here only as a corpse; the living man,
the wine-...
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What's the meaning of the sentence below?
If the world takes the shape of whatever the most powerful AI is programmed (or reprograms itself) to desire, it even opens the possibility of evolution taking a turn for the entirely banal – could an ...
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Negation of 2 things: “and” or “or”?
I'm not a native speaker. Apologies if the question is obvious.
The scenario is:
I'm not doing A, and
I'm not doing B.
In order to communicate this joint event in a single sentence: should I say: "...
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What is the meaning of “After hours don't raise too much suspicion”? (Also, is it a badly worded sentence?)
The sentence is: After hours don't raise too much suspicion.
If it helps to understand the sentence in any ways, here is the context: The sentence is from an onscreen notification of a game called "...
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Know the words meaning but not the sentence [closed]
what does it mean
"A conventional evening dress is worn in most instances, save where a ruff or frill is added to heighten the effect of the headgear."
any answer would be appreciated.
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What does it mean “Leaping into saddle as she ran”?
I am reading Andrzej Sapkowski's "The time of contempt". I found the paragraph which I didn't get, here it is:
"She had to be faster than them. She ran to the black horse, who was stamping its hooves ...
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Upload or uploading?
"At the time of this video's upload"
Is the "Upload" functioning as a noun adjective?
Also why is it written upload and not uploading, becuase in the sentence ("at the time of this writing") it's "...
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Difficulty in understanding a sentence said by Mr. Einstein
I am unable to understand the meaning behind the sentence: "Einstein adds: “I noticed how little difference there is between men and women; I don’t understand what kind of fatal attraction Chinese ...
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Is this a possessive gerund?
In an episode of Top Gear one of the hosts say the following
"Terrible pity about the 350Z Jeremy not liking."
Is the "not liking" bit a possessive gerund?
That is, is the word (liking) a gerund and ...
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How often do you send your email?
I can not understand why this sentence is wrong.
Plz, let me understand it.
How often do you send your email?
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how does “blame on” is used in this sentence?
I am not able to understand the meaning of this sentence.experts blame their availability on loopholes in the law. please help me to understand
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I'm translating a portuguese text and I'm finding hard to use prepositions with the word development
I came across a very hard to translate sentence in a text written in portuguese and I need some help with the semantics:
"that suggested that subjective consciousness was developed in relation to the ...
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'things necessary' and 'necessary things' - same meaning?
Take these two sentences -
1) How to express the willingness to learn things necessary on the job?
2) How to express the willingness to learn necessary things on the job?
Are they grammatically ...
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What does “Benefit of a second's distance” mean
I was watching Silicon Valley (HBO) and one of the characters said this:
”I grant you with the benefit of even a second's distance, this isn't a good look."
Now I understand the last bit and the ...
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What is the meaning of Shaze?
What is the real meaning of Shaze when it comes to person names?
I could find a lot of fake meanings from the Internet.
Provide me sources, so I can find out more.
Thank You.
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Be in development of? Is this a correct sentence? [closed]
I was watching a video on a game developement company, and the person narrating the video said the following.
"That's about how many whole triple A titles might be in development at all of EA's major ...
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Meaning of one sentence [closed]
The obligation to write it is all in one's own eyes.
It's difficult to understand.
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Why does “There was little pretense of objectivity.” mean “there is almost no objectivity”?
Today, I am reading the book Freedom for the Thought That We Hate. In Chapter 1, the author talks about the press industry in the 18th century:
The newspapers of eighteenth-century America were ...
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What does the sentence “Please don't drop this from your radar” mean? [closed]
What does the sentence "Please don't drop this from your radar" mean. I searched for this in Google I found some idiom named drop off the radar but still I need some clarity on this. I want to learn ...
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“It is for people who” vs “it is for the/those people who”
A. Mnemonics are for people who don't know.
B. Mnemonics are for the/those people who don't know.
Which one is correct? If both, what is the difference in sense/meaning?
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“To change the sense” vs “to alter the meaning”
A. Your modification changes the sense of the sentence.
B. Your modification alters the meaning of the sentence.
What is the difference?
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understanding the meaning of this sentence
What does this sentence mean?
She has the ability to keep the emotions, triumphs and fears of her characters on a human scale.
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Splattering your brain all over meaning
In a book I'm reading there is a sentence like this
This is difficult to imagine without
splattering your brains all over the person next to you as you read this
Here is the situation:
But ...
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What is the meaning of “head-poppingly”?
In a book I'm reading there is a sentence like this
If you travel to a foreign country, you will make the charming discovery that there are many differences
between the local way of life and your ...
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Seeking rules about adding grammar-based pauses in spoken English
I believe the following topic is in the scope of the site: Pronunciation/phonology, more specifically: how sound is structured for conveying linguistic meaning.
I am seeking rules about where to ...
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meaning of phrase “twenty-two-cent stamp” in sentence [closed]
In the sentence below from Liar's Poker, does the reference of twenty-two-cent stamp mean that many investors were now able to make a bid for a company?
“There was this huge opportunity,” says ...
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meaning of “nipper” in this sentence [closed]
The excerpt below is from Liar's Poker. What nationality does the word "nipper" refer to? Also, is it derogatory?
[...]he'd sell a few hundred millions worth of government bonds and grow bright ...
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“We've done for them”
What does this expression mean? A Russian landowner is talking with his brother about how his workers want to revolt:
Do you think I don't know how they hate me? Do you think they wouldn't have ...
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Meaning of “they shed” in sentence
This is from Michael Lewis's book, Liar's Poker:
I’m not sure any of them had what you’d call genuine ethnic identity. But they were an oppressed minority. And they shed rather than acquired airs. ...
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Meaning of “everything was to wait for the general strike”?
For the formal structure "be to do something", several definitions are given in dictionaries. However, I do not fully understand what is meant by the emphasized sentence in the following extract:
A ...
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Understanding a billing's message [closed]
It's important and I want to make sure I understand it correctly before replying or reacting in any way.
Hello,
John here from billing.
Thank you for your patience while we reviewed your ...
