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This tag is for questions about verbs. Verbs are words that express an action, occurrence, or a state of being. Add this tag to single-word-requests if you are looking for a verb. Add the tag word-usage if you are asking about the usage of the verb.
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Origin of the English word chevel
I'm also from Yorkshire, and this was a word my mother used too. I think the word you're looking for is 'chavel' rather then 'chevel'. The meaning is definitely the same - chewing, gnawing away at som …
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Help, the "onus" is on me! What do you call whatever it is I'm supposed to do with it?
The onus has been discharged.
See, for example this extract from Equity and Trusts: Text, Cases and Materials by Paul S. Davies, which refers to a case called Re Harwood, and cites an extract from …
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