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This tag is for questions about choosing the best word FROM A GIVEN SELECTION for a particular context or meaning. The selection to choose from must appear in the question. If you do not know the word already, use single-word-requests.
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is it correct to say "I really like to meditate on you"? [closed]
Ok, let say I am loving a girl. When I close my eys I think about her over and over again without boring.
So, is it ok to say that "I really like to meditate on you/her"?
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How to say the meaning that an autism student will soon be able to live normally in the comm...
Ok, let say there is an autism student studying in a special school and his parents say that they want their son will soon be able to live normally in the community.
Should I use the term "assimilate …
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Which term expresses ”a generation of graduates who graduated the first course of a college”?
Suppose business college A first debuted in 2000. It opened its first business course in 2000, and the course will finish in 2004. In 2001 it opened a second course, and students who enrolled in 2001 …
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What do you call a brand/logo panel that a company often carries along to a trade show?
Let say there is a company named BlueEvin. The company has an object made of plastic or wood that shows the name BlueEvin. The object could be the size of a PC keyboard or smaller. The company often c …
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Why do we use "the most" as in "Which countries travel the most?", why not just "Which count...
Recently, I discovered that some people use the most in sentences such as Which countries travel the most or we stress the last number the most.
Why not just most?
For example, is it ok to say Whic …
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is this expression "think big and take risk rather than think small and take safe" ok?
I want to express this sentence
Should young people think big and take risk rather than think small and take safe?
So, think big >< think small & take risk >< take safe
So, is the above questio …
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How to express the idea of the company I am working for and not my company?
Ok, English is my second language, and sometimes I have the following confusing situation.
When on the train, I told a friend of mine that “My company is not doing well these days. By my company I me …
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is "I am scary" sentence right or wrong?
Ok, scary = frightening (source: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=define%3Ascary)
And we often hear "it is frightening" and "I am frightened because of fri …
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How to express the idea that you are so scared that you almost pee in your pants? "be scared...
Ok, we got the idiom "be scared to death" = "feel extremely frightened" (see http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/scare+to+death)
"be scared to death" does not mean "you are scared that you will be di …
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"I feel stressed" or "I feel stressful"? Which one is correct? [closed]
I say "I feel stressful" but my teacher, a native speaker of English, says that I should say "I feel stressed".
Both stressful and stressed are adjective.
Which is correct, I feel stressed or I fee …
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What is the English term to say job quitting?
Say, we often use the term "lay-off" to express the meaning that the company is laying off their employees because it is not making any profit at this moment.
Now, there is other situation when the c …
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What is the difference between "I learned to drive in 6 months" & "I learned to drive for 6 ...
I would say "I learned to drive in 6 months" emphasize how long it took to learn to drive & "I learned to drive for 6 months" emphasize how long it lasted and the continuity of the action.
Here are …
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Is this usage wrong? A: "What do you want to do in your free time?" B: "I would like to see ... [duplicate]
Longman Dictionary defines would as,
6. "would like" is used to say that someone wants something or
wants to do something
My parents would like to meet you.
But this English teacher said in a video
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So, "I feel amazing" is not grammatically wrong but it is not popular right?
amazing: very surprising, especially in a way that makes you feel pleasure or admiration; Ex: That's amazing, isn't it? (Source)
amazed: very surprised; EX: I was amazed at her knowledge of French li …
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When to use "music" & when to use "musical"? [duplicate]
In dictionaries,
[only before noun] connected with music; containing music
the musical director of the show
musical talent/ability/skill
musical styles/tastes
a musical produc …
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