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Asked on March 7, 2021 in Word choice.
What is the first thing that comes to my mind for “take” is to unmount it from someplace, like a wall or a stand. How would “take the TV down” sound imply “please remove the TV from its wall-mounting brackets”, presumably in preparation for it to be moved elsewhere (see video)? In your definition of fold down “for an application” Is the
function desired inverse operation of taking something down? Other alternatives might be unfold, fold out, open up, deploy or activate..
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
What do I describe it as having depth or being deep ; or extensive (or extensively replayable, for a game), if it covers a great range of things, gives you a lot to do or think about; or perhaps profound if it causes you to keep pondering new things
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
No, standard English only uses double-quotes (or, if quoting something inside the double-quotes, single-quotes) for its delimitation of quotations.
If you need more than two layers deep, just keep mixing single and double. As noted in comments, if you need
to go more than two layers deep, just keep alternating single and double.
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
How can we make it clear that the lack of calculators is the worst case scenario?
What should I do if I am a social worker?
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.
How can we make it clear that the lack of calculators is the worst case scenario?
What should I do if I am a social worker?
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Asked on March 1, 2021 in Other.
Generally speaking, there is no difference between your tire ( Am. E ) and tyre ( Br. E ) bursting or blowing. If a tire bursts, there is obvious damage to the tire that renders it uninflatable and unuseable; this is often in the Form of large strips of tire being strewn along the roadside.
If your tire is flat then maybe there is a small leak that causes it to deflate slowly, but not too often, and you still aren’t sure what to do with the tire. Any flat tire can be inflated, and fixed, and made into a flat tire. Then can you run it on (which is not recommended)? (.)
( I don’t like your writing)
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Asked on March 1, 2021 in Other.
Everybody knows that the act of beating a dead horse,
but it isn’t really this easy. The act of beating out a dead horse is
of no use..1 : to keep talking about a subject that has already been discussed or decided from M-w. Whatis a comm.?
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Asked on March 1, 2021 in Meaning.
If you were given the opportunity to express your ignorance, and chose not to learn anything new about the situation, you would be unlikely to be tempted to decode your condition with a German phrase. The phrase would be
“willful ignorance” (see reference above).
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Grammar.
I want to do something big about yourself, and that is to take out the other person and use the words that make sense about you. I don’t know how you can communicate with other person; this is only my opinion. Thank you for your encouragement.
What pronoun, to whom, should I answer, and not what verb to say? I can remove Mary from the sentence there because of her death of my wife, and you’re left with “Bob went to the store with I” which is clearly a mistake. Or what?
If you can substitute a plural pronoun, then you should use a plural verb. “A classmate and myself” -> -> -> “we” -> -> “was” -> “A classmate and
I were”.
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
In this case, since EAMES already works for COBB, I think the meaning is more along the lines of definition 5 or 5. 1 at Oxford dictionary. Com’s ON definition (thanks to MaulikV for the link):
(Of an actor) on stage; performing.
What’s your cue? You’re on. Now What?(Of an employee) working; on duty.
I think the “actor giving a performance” definition falls at more close to movie theaters as COBB’s task is to trick someone into giving away information, but I think
both senses are appropriate.
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