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Environmental scientist, low-level mathematician, editor, gardener. Fond of Jane Austen’s Mr Bennet’s “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?”

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What does children mean in “Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.“?
Jan 17, 2021
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Word for money given before a job is started
Nov 20, 2020
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What is the opposite of acidic?
Aug 5, 2015
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Why are typewriter keys referred to as “stops”, especially when compared to organ stops?
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What is the meaning of the word "connection" in: "Shortly after my marriage I had bought a connection in the Paddington district."
Nov 9, 2020
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What is the English idiomatic equivalent to the Russian “бряцать регалиями” (to “rattle one’s medals”)?
Mar 15
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What does "corning a place" mean?
Feb 26, 2021
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What is a word or phrase that describes something that looks grand from the outside but in actuality, it is very bad on the inside?
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Is there a word for the object of a dilettante?
Dec 28, 2020
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Word for person attracted to shiny things
Dec 4, 2020
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