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Lifelong Australian, retired Maths & Physics teacher, now part time in IT. Amateur musician.

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Is there a non-technical word in English that means "to add one"?
Jan 22
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A name for the head of the school examination control room
Feb 19
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"in the Hebrew it ..." vs "in Hebrew it ..." - what is the difference of meaning in this paragraph of Milton and in general?
May 27
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Why isn't "witness" the third-person singular form in the example sentence?
Apr 25, 2022
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What is the word for the airflow effect from opening two windows on opposite sides of a room?
Jan 21, 2022
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Is there any idiom for something that is typical of England or of English people?
Jan 11, 2022
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lie vs fabricate. When to use which one in what situation?
Aug 7, 2021
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"Sketching" a graph
Jan 14
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Idiom request: an unacceptable amount of effort
May 6
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Is there an alternative term for "boyfriend" when talking about an elderly man?
Jul 14, 2021
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Parsing “have a limited release the product”
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What does "twice" mean in " Once bitten, twice shy"?
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In the phrase "there's a good film on late", does "on" mean "on TV"?
19
Is this structure idiomatic: "I seem to remember...." to mean you only remember a little
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Geometrically, "face" or "surface"?

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