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What is the word for always YES (100%) or always NO (0%), never in-between
Mar 29, 2016
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Is "You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din!" still considered a compliment in English?
May 15, 2017
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Opposite of smartwatch
Jan 19, 2016
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Phrase for a situation where a problem disappears when you are about to fix it, but reappears later
Aug 3, 2015
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What is a polite way of talking about a recently-deceased person?
Sep 17, 2014
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Is there any English word in which "ph" is not pronounced as "f"?
Apr 6, 2015
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Is "denigrate" a racist word?
Nov 19, 2014
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Does "salt mines" have any specific meaning?
Apr 13, 2013
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Is "used in anger" a Britishism for something?
Jun 22, 2011
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Why is “bat down” not listed in any of major English dictionaries as an idiom, set phrase, collocation, no matter whatever it is?
Sep 18, 2018
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