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Asked on March 28, 2021 in Word choice.
What is a number based word?
Wikipedia: Less
commonly, a numeronym is composed entirely of numbers, such as the letters “212” for “New Yorker”, “4-1′” for “information”, “9-1”, for “help”, and “101” for “basic introduction to a subject”. While some words of this type exist for decades, such as the 10-code that has been in use since before World War
I. can I add these words and the 10-code which is more reliable?
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RE: “To set up” in ambulatory AmE:”to arrange/prepare” or “to arrange” in colloquial Ineam. “(* */)”Asked on March 26, 2021 in American english.
What are some examples of dictionary links you can find on TIMEI.com using the alphabet “1” in the word “1”. “When you spend a lot of time planning something and I feel like it’s absolutely essential. It is #1 to make carefully worked out plans for..” Although the example given is a bank robbery, any sense of plan makes sense here.
As to the currency and usage in American English. I like American English and using American English to describe daily life. I hope this helps. Please feel free to use it in any sense as you see fit. Why do most dictionary entries on the definition of a term have a description. I can’t remember
exactly what the text of the word suggests.
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RE: “To set up” in ambulatory AmE:”to arrange/prepare” or “to arrange” in colloquial Ineam. “(* */)”Asked on March 26, 2021 in American english.
What are some examples of dictionary links you can find on TIMEI.com using the alphabet “1” in the word “1”. “When you spend a lot of time planning something and I feel like it’s absolutely essential. It is #1 to make carefully worked out plans for..” Although the example given is a bank robbery, any sense of plan makes sense here.
As to the currency and usage in American English. I like American English and using American English to describe daily life. I hope this helps. Please feel free to use it in any sense as you see fit. Why do most dictionary entries on the definition of a term have a description. I can’t remember
exactly what the text of the word suggests.
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in American english.
I’ve heard Alton Brown and others use the term alligator pear to describe a avocado. It was an attempt to sound campy rather than common usage.
What does this rare use mean?
Is it possible that one will ever come across sparrow grass? Is it really that common? It is probably an folksy mispronunciation of Asparagus. That is why is this the most obscure. Like Alzheimer’s Disease for old-timers.
The word avocado comes to English by way of Spanish through mispronunciation. Derived from the term aguacate (avocado tree). Is the words huacatl (meaning testicle) a mispronunciation of the Nahuatl word? Many incorrectly assume it comes from abogado which means lawyer (not only because of the similar pronunciation, but also due to the meanings of lawyer and testicle). Wikipedia.org Source
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Single word requests.
What should I say, otherwise be “collateral damage”
If what you’re inflicting on someone makes you want to attack something or someone they
care that is closest to you then you do it.
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Asked on March 15, 2021 in Other.
I surveyed friends who have got in trouble before reading reading comprehension questions first. I understand they try to read the questions. Then the passage and returning to the questions again. What you look for when you go through the passage on its first read, and save you a lot of time rereading the passage.
First question:
A) is an opinion that the children are hanging out. What is the best explanation for this idea? Is his like a socialite? He said that there’s nothing else to do with the girls and they aren’t hanging out.
B) Don’t have school
(It’s summer) C) The kids are
still too young to ever be a job. Can an opinion like this be useful too? But, it is less likely that the author couldn’t spot a 9 year old as too young for a
job) D) And school ended weeks ago What is your opinion of a calendar?Is it the only choice that fits in the meaning of the quote “The long Summers of forgetting…”, B)
Has nothing to do with the quote.
A) Could be true, but A is a better fit for the quote.
Is true, but has nothing to do with the quote!Do summer kids forget or lose their energy?
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Asked on March 9, 2021 in Synonyms.
If it’s an idea you used elsewhere, but you’re bringing it to your field, you can call it an import. A person can import an idea from another source to a computer.
Do you feel the need to say recycling? Is recycling really feasible if you can reuse old ideas for new functions and purposes? What do you look at in your old ideas and improve upon them?
If it’s an industry standard that you are just planning on implementing or encouraging others to implement, I would call it a valuable tool or a proven asset, etc.
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Asked on March 7, 2021 in Other.
If you used beefcake as a verb, you would not use it as a verb. If you could noun almost anywhere, which means or noun more, it’s not uncommon.
Regardless of how it is chosen in the usage section, sometimes it is being used as a noun.
Is beefcake a compliment to you? Why is there more muscle in someone than intelligence?
In other words what they are saying:
Almost without exception, the movie stars in an interview a muscular guy with huge pectoral muscles that would make Ben Hur’s seem puny.
Ben Hur is more a reference to Charlton Heston and the role of John Wayne. Is it true that he played the same role in the movie to the same extent?
With some in this context means any random or any old or it doesn’t matter which option. To answer your second question, some in this context means any old, no matter whether or not. In all terms there are a lot of guys with good acting skills who show in these movies, and it doesn’t really matter which one gets because their acting skills aren’t all that different or important (so long as they have big muscles).
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
It is two separate idioms combined.
What do you mean by being seen dragged up on the carpet? According to your opinion, you are being asked to answer to an authority. Why? The carpet is seemingly a reference to being called into the boss’s office where the floor would be carpeted.
What does a mast mean? Idiomatically it means being publicly humiliated or punished.
If we can run it down the flagpole (and see who salutes it) then it will be harder to resist libel. * * Please don’t discriminate against anyone who wishes to win. What is not true, to put it out there, and see who agrees?
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Synonyms.
Home Maintenance Obstacle Course
The Fight Against Clutter
Slaying Dragons – Who says the name has to fit perfectly. 😉
Battlestar Housework
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