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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Single word requests.
Is
philomath thefreedictionary a lover of learning?
Collins – a person who enjoys learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge.What should be my objective when I become a good girl?
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Single word requests.
“Chris B. Behrens correctly identifies the intended meaning in OP’s context, but the hypothetical question is at the very least ambiguous” (at the very least, in some circles, the title of the question is the most likely way).
Who is Roger Federer? Why is he not interested in showing others what it is like to be a world-class player? Why is OP’s sentence a simple description of how he plays (or appears to play), since I’m sure in reality it’s not at all easy, even for him.
If a teacher makes it look easy he is doing something totally different and he may in fact need to put considerable effort into successfully demystifying his subjects.
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in American english.
Where fudge, in BrE, has more the sense of… To reach a makeshift solution by glossing over
differences or blurring distinctions to pru00e9varicate or temporize.
The definition is from OED, who flag up… to
fudge and mudge [ fudge : fanciful rhyming alteration of fudge [ first
recorded on 2 October 1980 by British politician David Owen Therefore, I would sayfudging an issue means distorting an issue, so it’s not clear exactly what is being discussed. That’s somewhat different to dodging the issue (actually avoiding addressing it at all, rather than making it confused), and completely different to cheating.
In what situations maybe someone will say you are metaphorically cheating because you didn’t follow the rules which were implicitly expected to be observed by your solution?
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Word choice.
Is effectively archaic? What should “Don’t use” powerpoint?
The words “with efficacy” and “with purposefully” are synonyms in the adverbial sense of “with efficiency”. Note that OP’s definitions evidence the fact that the two words are synonyms in the adverbial sense of “with efficacy”, which normally implies purposefully and efficiently.
On the other hand, my own usage at the start of this answer has more the sense of “in effect, to all intents and purposes, in practice” (a meaning which also originally attached to effectually ). But since most people probably won’t be so familiar with the archaic form, presented with…
High dosage Of Narcan effectually ended his life..
Are there any indications of pain pills to help a patient die?
I wouldn’t recommend using effectually in any non-facetious circumstance.
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Single word requests.
If @Nate makes it clear that reparent is “domain specific” as the “source” is to be provided without ui tag as an object in OP. As @Nate points out, reparent has a “domain-specific” sense sufficiently well established as to merit an SO tag. OED has these entries first recorded in the 70s… reparenting
Psychol (orig. 1964), 487 & 488… (and chiefly U.S.)).
Nouns: Any of various therapeutic techniques intended to treat emotional and psychological problems relating to parenting a person experienced as a child.Repent Psychol. (orig.) and “from god.” (from god.). (Restaurant) delegated by his or her own custom (and principally U.S.) to the United States.
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But the point is that the most morphologically natural way to convey verb again is reverb. In OP’s context, reparent has to be the front-runner for a “generic” verb. It’s domain-specific senses (unknown to most native speakers) doesn’t impact its suitability for general use. Are these any kind of sensors purely natural (for example, it’s rare)?
If “accepted” is just a word, it doesn’t reference any fundamental concept that’s easily understood and useful in more general contexts. Does this confuse you? I can’t find any written instance of reparent more than 500 years old that aren’t presaging the physology usage. What do you mean?
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Phrases.
The word on fire is a common English word meaning ablaze. It goes back many centuries.
With the alternative fire is on the house, is simply garbled English. What format do you use to create your own word order?
IMPORTANT: Note that Google lists only 8 results for Burning In The House, of which your actual question comes at the top of the list!
With due respect to RiMMER, I’ll just say it’s technically feasible for fire is on the house to make sense in certain somewhat surreal contexts. At a third party organization subsidised arsonists’ convention, where the attendees might be expecting fire on the house (i.e. a fire at the house around 7:30 pm) such as ISIS, GOLF, OR IRA, would participants be expecting fire on their house But for free?
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Meaning.
Why does this writer have a clumsy attempt to “ring the changes” on Glint of
Steel in Her Eye 191 hits in Google Books Glint of
Steel in his Eye 393 hits glint of
Steel in his eye 63 hits to that
list?Of course, it’s always possible OP’s writer really does have some specific “argentine” attribute in mind (perhaps she seeks wealth like a gold mining ship, or she’s ethereal like the silvery moon ). I know it’s bad writing, but I’ve been
studying it for many months.
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Word choice.
What is a verb and a noun in the context of some answers by OP?
In this particular case, the past tense is concepted, as showed by over 3000 written instances in Google Books. The general rule for almost all verbs created by this process is that they are regular verbs (they will adopt -s, -ed, -ing to form singular present tense, past tense, and present participle). Why irregular verbs are on the wane and new irregular forms only appear infrequently.?
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Meaning.
Google Books has 28,000 hits for intra-ethnic plus 15,000 for intraethnic meaning can the “electronic author” be found? Given intra- is a common, productive prefix signifying inside, within, interior, while, I disagree with Andrew’s advice and try to avoid it totally. When I do a post on Wikipedia, the unhyphenated text, you know when it will be good to read it. I’ve read a lot
of them.
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Asked on March 22, 2021 in Meaning.
From Melville’s Allusions to Religion: A Comprehensive Index and Glossary:
The two orchard thieves – Adam and Eve
– Adam and Eve Theorized by Benjamin Plotnick: Adam and Eve Ordnance Theories: Between Adam and Eve Ordnance Theories in Genesis: Suggest your own interpretation?
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