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English equivalent to the Japanese saying "高転びに転ぶ" - A haughty man should tumble down?

proverbs

answered Jul 25, 2015 at 2:48

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Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs. "their")?

answered Jul 3, 2015 at 15:18

11 votes

What emotion is the 'Mad Scientist' showing when they say "I'll show them all!"

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answered Aug 3, 2017 at 1:52

9 votes

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What does "cultured face" mean?

meaning idioms

answered Jun 29, 2020 at 19:20

6 votes

A single word for a person who couldn't fulfill his/her dream

single-word-requests

answered Jun 15, 2015 at 19:36

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A word for fake sympathy?

single-word-requests

answered Jul 10, 2015 at 23:47

6 votes

Term for a person who dreams or imagines events that later take place

single-word-requests

answered Feb 26, 2018 at 3:02

6 votes

What word or expression describes the attitude of "if I can't have it, nobody can"?

answered Jul 22, 2018 at 21:07

5 votes

Is there a way to say an object is susceptible to being carried away by wind?

single-word-requests adjectives

answered Sep 30, 2018 at 2:48

5 votes

Adjective for someone who doesn't react when someone insults them?

single-word-requests adjectives

answered Oct 14, 2015 at 22:59

4 votes

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"Figure A and B" or "Figures A and B"

grammar british-english

answered Jun 12, 2017 at 22:48

4 votes

Usage of the word "steward"

meaning

answered Oct 10, 2016 at 16:09

4 votes

What does "wrong to the light" mean?

meaning expressions

answered Nov 18, 2017 at 21:18

3 votes

Word or phrase for people who spend a long time in each others company

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answered Oct 18, 2017 at 1:40

3 votes

An adjective for a "scene" that has a lot of different things in it?

single-word-requests

answered Sep 14, 2017 at 1:46

3 votes

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In this example, is the correct usage 'she' or 'her'?

grammatical-case coordination

answered May 4, 2018 at 16:14

3 votes

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Does the adjective 'ridiculous' always mean something bad?

adjectives

answered Nov 24, 2018 at 21:56

3 votes

What is an alternative for "filled the land"?

synonyms

answered Nov 7, 2016 at 0:28

3 votes

Is vocative comma rule vanishing?

commas vocatives

answered Oct 19, 2015 at 14:47

3 votes

Which one is correct? 'who' or 'that' in this adjective clause?

clauses that who consequence

answered Jul 20, 2015 at 1:43

3 votes

What’s the difference between “for” and “to” in “for/to many people”?

meaning grammaticality differences prepositions to-for

answered Jun 6, 2015 at 22:47

3 votes

A word that refers to a "half-smile"?

single-word-requests vocabulary

answered Jun 30, 2015 at 21:55

3 votes

Meaning of "and so"

meaning phrase-meaning

answered Apr 16 at 13:10

3 votes

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Olden pejorative/word for a "fancy-pants"

single-word-requests american-english pejorative-language nineteenth-century-english

answered Jun 15, 2020 at 21:23

2 votes

How to know the commonality degree of a given phrase?

phrases

answered Oct 1, 2019 at 17:15

2 votes

asyndeton in speech

conditionals subordinate-clauses asyndeton

answered Jul 16, 2020 at 1:49

2 votes

Comparing Grammar of Two Forms of A Quote

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answered Jul 19, 2020 at 3:00

2 votes

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More formal synonym of "bullshit artist"?

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answered Jun 7, 2015 at 16:26

2 votes

What is the word for someone who tries so hard to get to something but he can't and it's not his fault?

single-word-requests

answered Jul 5, 2015 at 12:34

2 votes

Differentiate between past and present just by pronunciation when word is followed by d- or similiar sound

pronunciation past-tense

answered Oct 20, 2015 at 19:20

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English equivalent to the Japanese saying "高転びに転ぶ" - A haughty man should tumble down?

Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs. "their")?

What emotion is the 'Mad Scientist' showing when they say "I'll show them all!"

What does "cultured face" mean?

A single word for a person who couldn't fulfill his/her dream

A word for fake sympathy?

Term for a person who dreams or imagines events that later take place

What word or expression describes the attitude of "if I can't have it, nobody can"?

Is there a way to say an object is susceptible to being carried away by wind?

Adjective for someone who doesn't react when someone insults them?

"Figure A and B" or "Figures A and B"

Usage of the word "steward"

What does "wrong to the light" mean?

Word or phrase for people who spend a long time in each others company

An adjective for a "scene" that has a lot of different things in it?

In this example, is the correct usage 'she' or 'her'?

Does the adjective 'ridiculous' always mean something bad?

What is an alternative for "filled the land"?

Is vocative comma rule vanishing?

Which one is correct? 'who' or 'that' in this adjective clause?

What’s the difference between “for” and “to” in “for/to many people”?

A word that refers to a "half-smile"?

Meaning of "and so"

Olden pejorative/word for a "fancy-pants"

How to know the commonality degree of a given phrase?

asyndeton in speech

Comparing Grammar of Two Forms of A Quote

More formal synonym of "bullshit artist"?

What is the word for someone who tries so hard to get to something but he can't and it's not his fault?

Differentiate between past and present just by pronunciation when word is followed by d- or similiar sound