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Draw a painting or paint a drawing? [closed]
'Paint a painting' or 'draw a drawing' sounds repetitive but 'paint a drawing' or 'draw a painting' sounds kinda weird, you don't actually use paint to draw, right?
And if I'm applying paint over ...
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More words to describe the action of thinking
My character is in the beginning stages of a life-or-death situation and he knows it. "Racking his brain for possible solutions" feels played out. But words like ruminating, fretting, musing,...
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I'm looking for a word or phrase to describe a realization that a long held belief is wrong [closed]
I'm looking for a word or phrase to describe the realization that what you've always believed is not real. As an example: Let's say you grew up in a country that you where led to believe was far more ...
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Word choice - Grammar! [closed]
I came across these questions in an old English Language book from the 70s and was wondering if one form of the following sentences is more correct than the other.
Only the team with the lowest ...
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An English Descriptive Word for Two Words
I'm currently after a synonym for "middle-aged". However, I'm needing the word to be appropriate to describe a non-living thing.
Middle-aged is more or less associated with animals and humans, not ...
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Adjective for someone unable to cope with the past
I'm looking for a word that could describe a character's personality in the sense that he is someone who (re)lives the past too much and is uncapable of overcoming it and moving on with his life.
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In which single word can this be summarized?
Say you have several companies working for you to achieve/complete a certain task, but the one who does best/finishes the job gets the commission for the job. I'm aware of the term pitch (from the ...
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What is a word that indicates the layout of video feeds/sources on a video wall/screen - planogram?
Much like a planogram indicates where the placements of retail products should be:
plan·o·gram
ˈplanəˌɡram/
noun
a diagram or model that indicates the placement of retail
products on ...
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I am trying to remember a word/phrase that is often used to describe backwards and heavy handed laws
I am having the darndest time trying to remember this word/phrase. I have seen it used many times over the years to describe laws, rules, and policies that are usually very heavy handed and backwards ...
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