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According to the Wikipedia article on Filibuster, The term “filibuster” is derived from the Dutch vrijbuiter (a pillaging and plundering …
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To be more specific, fixed exchange rate, here, fixed which means fastened. What is the difference between fixed and fastened? …
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Why a compliment does a person do well? The one fancy description of excellence is included in the subject line …
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What does “neediest” in English mean? This word is common in academic writings? “Tying teacher evaluation to student test score …
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If the Michelson-Morley experiments were the failure MIT made them out to be, would they work?
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My word editor doesn’t seem to accept the past tense of the verb revision (revision). The fact is, despite being …
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I was wondering if I want to say “No news, singly / on it’s own, is good news” Is there …
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I am not a native speaker and want to know if “escalation” is the matching word for this: I get …
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A phrase commonly heard in English (at least informal English) is something like the following: Well, this car is good, …
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I am confused because in German there is only the word Banku00fcberweisung that means “all of them.” Is wire transfer …
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