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What do you call this mechanical device?

"Extensible" vs. "extendible"

Proverb: If Something is Managed By Many, Things Are Missed

Shoplifting vs. a word for "someone who orders, eats and sneaks without paying the check"

Difference between nevertheless and nonetheless

A word for: something good that came out of something bad

What word describes the traffic when vehicles are totally stopped?

If living in the countryside is rural, what do you call living by the sea?

Are there English figurative expressions equivalent to Japanese idiom 馬耳東風 meaning a person who doesn’t listen to other’s advice?

You post a random picture of a house Someone: You bought a house!

What is the word to mean to apply attributes of an entire race to a single individual?

What do you call a person who does/thinks the opposite of the crowd for just that reason?

Are there popular English sayings to express “Big fuss, tiny result”?

Can I "wear an umbrella"?

An idiom meaning someone's doing something useless and has no result at the end

What's a good phrase for "refining a process which is hopelessly broken"?

"How dare you" vs "How do you dare"

A word that means “taking your time and doing things correctly”

What is a word that means an instance of a game?

How should I parse the sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."

Loaf of French bread

Word for "person that I supervise"

Escorting a guest before saying goodbye as a sign of respect or caring

The married man with an affinity

Phrase for observing a rule in a malicious way

Word for nemesis that does not refer to a person

Synonym for a “help-seeker”

Specific word that describes the "average cost of something"

Term for disrespecting people with lower social condition

How to say that the phone is held between shoulder and ear?