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Asked on March 14, 2021 in Synonyms.
Buy cheap, buy twice TFD
poorly made; or: cut corners TFD. To
save
money or effort
by finding easier or cheaper ways to do something.
What is an ideal story to describe during a conversation about an article to read?
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Asked on March 13, 2021 in Phrases.
To satisfy
- appetite, consume TFD.
How bad
was the food that I could not eat in a day to sate my appetite?
What are the laws of the land?
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Asked on March 13, 2021 in Word choice.
Of course
no OED rigor and skills only, as in: It requires a modicum
of
understanding. As in: It requires
a modicum of understanding to X,Y and Z. OED a moderate or limited amount of.
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Asked on March 13, 2021 in Meaning.
Is osmosis moving out of their metaphorical capacity?
Isomation OED
- fig. Item osmosis fig. in figurative contexts. A process resembling osmosis, esp. The gradual and often unconscious assimilation or transfers of ideas, knowledge, influences, etc. Often by osmosis.
As in:
1900 Nation (N.Y. comm. ex; 1823). M, I B, Y, 18 Oct. 1876 — I.E. P.S. :Y.) 18 Oct. 1877 (br) 15 Oct. 180 (g), R.B. 12 Oct. 1901 (br) 1 Oct. How they compare and contrast them in some way – an example of what goes on between one higher world conquering race and the lower world conquered race?
Yes, there is and has been the figurative use of this sense of osmosis, and symbiosis has a somewhat different meaning.
Are
there any of these Listener 23 & 30 Dec. 1982? The politician and the journalist exist in a state of uneasy symbiosis.
What is it like to retire from teaching nursing to a secondary student?
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Asked on March 10, 2021 in Other.
The subtle
TFD a. No other device can allow such tests. So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive: A subtle smile.
b. Difficult to understand; abstruse:
As in:
The use of x has a subtle effect on our mental processes.
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Asked on March 10, 2021 in Grammar.
Alright, my wife wrote a great life story, as did my brisk pace. Has anyone seen my lifestory there?
In
the Best of the Books series, a sentence seem to provide grammar similar to your question. Conan Doyle’s fast pace and tight
plot kept it steady and remained in place.
How would you explain brisk pace to an average student? After reading this very
insightful book, it merely goes for your attention. I have a novella to write which is shorter than average novels. I don’t mind the length. I guess it’s true.
So the following suggestion.
His life story, is proposed in a brisk pace but I wrote it
in a
slow pace.
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Asked on March 9, 2021 in Single word requests.
As in:
Twins fans have a knack for fretting over a whit, and this won’t relent anytime soon.
a whit OED
Without negative: a whit : to a very small extent, a very little. Any whit, and one whit: to the least amount; in the least degree; at all. every (each), whit: completely, altogether, thoroughly, quite (in later use almost always with as in comparisons of equality).
What is your opinion on some of the best books and blogs on these topics?
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Asked on March 8, 2021 in Single word requests.
Can you make a case, yes? What is Amazon’s offer? Amazon is a certificate authority. Amazon makes standardized claims of certification. Other authorities are called boards etc. As mentioned earlier in comments, as mentioned in comments, others have a name. In the U.S. many boards certify certify doctors and other arrangements of healthcare.
https://assets.amazon.com/resource/help/aws/docs.htm.aws.amazon?p=6.12 https://doc.cambridge.com/certification/certification-agreement/
certify.pdf. Colleges
certify you when granting you a degree.
Besides the Red Cross, the American Red Cross can certify you to perform basic CPR all of the time.
Many certificates are necessarily renewable… CPR Some a lifetime… the college degree.
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Asked on March 7, 2021 in Single word requests.
hidebound TFD
Stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible.
What does everyone need in the world to enjoy?
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Asked on March 6, 2021 in Other.
Are “contains potential faulty output” or “contains possible faulty output”?
I suggest:
“possibly contains faulty output” or “potentially contains faulty output”
In these usages, and in your context, possible and potential are of a similar sense, and are synonymous! TFD:
What is TFD?
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