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  • If a graphologist engages in the study of handwriting, then a grapholophile (or graphophile ) does it for love.

    Why is it listed as grapho, but I like the sound of grapholophile more like grapho is

    a, is… ‘Grapho/’?

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  • Asked on March 25, 2021 in Phrases.

    How naming means naming of implicated individuals : name names to state publicly the

    names of

    people involved in something dishonest or illegal Other sources note that name names

    is an idiom, you can play this same game with other words, but the resulting phrases would be more literal in meaning: how are you paying to give your

    • friends upvotes on Facebook) There
    • are many other such examples as: syncing email
    • address or email address, you enchant your visitors,

    you encourage the contents to show

    ‘no,

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  • As defined by Macmillan, perambulate perhaps captures the flavor of this concept:

    to walk around a place slowly or for pleasure

    As far as traveling for the journey rather than the destination, Wanderjahr might also suit:

    1. a year or period of travel, especially after one’s schooling and before practicing a profession
    2. Previously: a year in which an apprentice traveled and improved his skills before settling down to the practice of his trade.

    How do you change your own mindset towards life?

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  • Is jumble associated with pick-up-sticks or jacksacks?

    It’s amusing to google “jackstraw jumble” and note all the instances where jackstraws and jumble are used in association ( “The jackstraw jumble of rotting wood made for uncertain footing” ” ), probably because of the alliteration involved.

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  • Asked on March 7, 2021 in Meaning.

    “the smug look of a toad breakfasting on fat marsh flies”

    ( William Pearson) he definition, which mentions nothing of correctness: or. (in English) smug

    (entails a great deal of smoky attitude,

    am tad yyyy googling he smoky? he smug looks of, the toad breakfasting on fat marsh flies : Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one’s situation; self-righteously complacent;

    going up in stairs.

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  • Asked on March 6, 2021 in Grammar.

    This question is on Pearson’s English Language Teaching website. It about almost answers your question.

    In the

    sentence “What is this called in English?” the speaker is looking for the name of something to be substituted for the pronoun what. The speaker needs a noun or noun construction to describe the thing that the word is what refers to.

    How is it called exactly in English? How asks for information about the manner of doing something or the degree or quantity of something.

    How do you say that? or

    • what? What are some useful information about this book?
    • What do you call that? is a noun or noun construction. The word I want is very specific.
    • How do you call this? is incorrect

    Why do people refuse to believe people die without knowing about it?

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  • Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.

    MacMillan and I agree in disagreeing that not to mention and let alone are synonymous:

    used for adding a comment that emphasizes the main idea of what you have already said: The weather here is gorgeous, not to mention the wonderful food.

    I almost forgot that something is even less likely to happen than another unlikely thing: I hardly have time to think these days, let alone relax.

    still/much or even less : used after a negative statement in order to emphasize that it applies even more to what you say next. I am no one’s spokesman, much less his.

    How can I make the case that let alone and much less are synonymous, since you could substitute one for the

    other: I am no one’s spokesman let alone his.

    What I can do if I have so much time to think these days?

    What happens if I choose not to mention and let alone for each other instead?

    I hardly have time to think these days.


    I find the distinction that MacMillan makes between not to mention and the supposedly synonymous let alone and still (in decrepit

    • decrepit) can be used as proof for a statement that lacks its meaning.
    • The still/much/even less constructs reinforce the negativity of the preceding phrase by subtraction Negative statement, still/much/even less.
    • In a similar manner, let alone reinforces the unlikeliness of the preceding phrase with an even more unlikely scenario — I couldn’t get a date with a reanimated corpse, let alone the prom queen.

    Some grammarians insist that not to mention and let alone are synonymous; while you can find some cases where substituting one for the other might make sense, I generally find their meaning and usage distinct from each other.

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  • Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.

    When these requests disappear, they become impracticable or unfeasible to fulfill.

    You can say that the idea turned out to be a blind alley :

    Blind alleys and garden paths leading nowhere are the principal hazards in research. What lessons

    can you learn from Charles Thomas as a man?

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  • Asked on March 2, 2021 in American english.

    Igleaned my answers about secondments from this document from the Fife Council in Scotland and this UK job board : A

    • person leaving their substantive position is taking a secondment A
    • person who is away from their substantive position is on
    • secondment a person who is covering the secondee’s substantive role temporarily may
    • themselves be a secondee (or just a temporary employee, or simply a temporary employee.
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