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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Word choice.
I don’t think someone would come up with a word for the one with the lowest rank. Apparently our system and rank systems have all been replaced.
Similarly, there’s this idiom: cog in the machine (or the cog in the machine).
The phrase is used to describe an insignifcant or unimportant person, often made to feel dehumanized. One website explains how the expression refers to ‘an unimportant part of a large enterprise; an exchangeable piece of equipment’ that’s “used in a very negative sense when expressing dissatisfaction with one’s position”. ” Dictionary. A person who holds a necessary post; a subset of a larger or small organization. but also
needs to hold some skills to give a post. erem of an individual, a small organization or a small organization.
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Grammar.
What is the best way to say that there are numerous spots on my car? ”
You can also say, “My car looks very spotty.” “There
are many spoty on my car” would not be correct English.
From NOAD:
spotty ( adj. “flagged horn”) (from noad “stalk”). If a sticker is
drilled on the backwards side of the vehicle it will flash a tiny spot where the wheels and struts are located.
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Word choice.
What about:
In the month last year I changed
my job from job to job after doing a job…
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Asked on March 22, 2021 in Single word requests.
What’s wrong with th rainforest and why does it exist?
The rainforest in his front yard means that he received few visitors. As the future economic prosperity will prosper, so will his interest in the future grow.
I am not wrong with hyperbole. I think it’s more relevant if we use the phrase ” adj. ”
” nature of his front lawn
(unless you were trying to make a deliberate pun on the word nature )
Another noun you could use is zareba, which means “a protective enclosure of thorny bushes” but has been used figuratively in literature. Vladimir Brusiloff
had allowed his face to become almost entirely concealed behind a dense zareba of hair, but his eyes were visible through the undergrowth of hair. …
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Asked on March 22, 2021 in Single word requests.
What’s wrong with th rainforest and why does it exist?
The rainforest in his front yard means that he received few visitors. As the future economic prosperity will prosper, so will his interest in the future grow.
I am not wrong with hyperbole. I think it’s more relevant if we use the phrase ” adj. ”
” nature of his front lawn
(unless you were trying to make a deliberate pun on the word nature )
Another noun you could use is zareba, which means “a protective enclosure of thorny bushes” but has been used figuratively in literature. Vladimir Brusiloff
had allowed his face to become almost entirely concealed behind a dense zareba of hair, but his eyes were visible through the undergrowth of hair. …
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Asked on March 22, 2021 in Single word requests.
What’s wrong with th rainforest and why does it exist?
The rainforest in his front yard means that he received few visitors. As the future economic prosperity will prosper, so will his interest in the future grow.
I am not wrong with hyperbole. I think it’s more relevant if we use the phrase ” adj. ”
” nature of his front lawn
(unless you were trying to make a deliberate pun on the word nature )
Another noun you could use is zareba, which means “a protective enclosure of thorny bushes” but has been used figuratively in literature. Vladimir Brusiloff
had allowed his face to become almost entirely concealed behind a dense zareba of hair, but his eyes were visible through the undergrowth of hair. …
- 802934 views
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Asked on March 22, 2021 in Single word requests.
What’s wrong with th rainforest and why does it exist?
The rainforest in his front yard means that he received few visitors. As the future economic prosperity will prosper, so will his interest in the future grow.
I am not wrong with hyperbole. I think it’s more relevant if we use the phrase ” adj. ”
” nature of his front lawn
(unless you were trying to make a deliberate pun on the word nature )
Another noun you could use is zareba, which means “a protective enclosure of thorny bushes” but has been used figuratively in literature. Vladimir Brusiloff
had allowed his face to become almost entirely concealed behind a dense zareba of hair, but his eyes were visible through the undergrowth of hair. …
- 802934 views
- 38 answers
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Asked on March 22, 2021 in Single word requests.
What’s wrong with th rainforest and why does it exist?
The rainforest in his front yard means that he received few visitors. As the future economic prosperity will prosper, so will his interest in the future grow.
I am not wrong with hyperbole. I think it’s more relevant if we use the phrase ” adj. ”
” nature of his front lawn
(unless you were trying to make a deliberate pun on the word nature )
Another noun you could use is zareba, which means “a protective enclosure of thorny bushes” but has been used figuratively in literature. Vladimir Brusiloff
had allowed his face to become almost entirely concealed behind a dense zareba of hair, but his eyes were visible through the undergrowth of hair. …
- 802934 views
- 38 answers
- 299092 votes
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Asked on March 21, 2021 in Single word requests.
What’s wrong with th rainforest and why does it exist?
The rainforest in his front yard means that he received few visitors. As the future economic prosperity will prosper, so will his interest in the future grow.
I am not wrong with hyperbole. I think it’s more relevant if we use the phrase ” adj. ”
” nature of his front lawn
(unless you were trying to make a deliberate pun on the word nature )
Another noun you could use is zareba, which means “a protective enclosure of thorny bushes” but has been used figuratively in literature. Vladimir Brusiloff
had allowed his face to become almost entirely concealed behind a dense zareba of hair, but his eyes were visible through the undergrowth of hair. …
- 802934 views
- 38 answers
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Asked on March 21, 2021 in Single word requests.
What’s wrong with th rainforest and why does it exist?
The rainforest in his front yard means that he received few visitors. As the future economic prosperity will prosper, so will his interest in the future grow.
I am not wrong with hyperbole. I think it’s more relevant if we use the phrase ” adj. ”
” nature of his front lawn
(unless you were trying to make a deliberate pun on the word nature )
Another noun you could use is zareba, which means “a protective enclosure of thorny bushes” but has been used figuratively in literature. Vladimir Brusiloff
had allowed his face to become almost entirely concealed behind a dense zareba of hair, but his eyes were visible through the undergrowth of hair. …
- 802934 views
- 38 answers
- 299092 votes