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Word or phrase for a commonly-used clause at the beginning of a sentence, such as "It's almost as if"
I've been seeing a lot of tweets/comments/posts with the following structure: "It's almost as if [obvious observation]".
Ignoring how terrible this trend is, what is an appropriate word or phrase for ...
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A word for a fallen tree with roots exposed
I'm looking for a single word or an idiom for a fallen tree with roots exposed, or a cavity formed between the roots of a fallen tree and the soil. Preferably an uncommon poetic/dialect word
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What would be english equivalent of Hindi proverb char aane ki murgi barah aane ka masala-Chicken is dirt cheap but its ingredients are costing a bomb
What would be english equivalent of Hindi proverb "char aane (Rs. 0.25) ki murgi (Chicken) barah aane (Rs. 0.75) ka masala (spice)" is an old phrase around 60's and the 70's India which mean Chicken ...
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What is this mother doing?
I would write a dialogue piece between a mother and a son who are having a heated argument over something. The son is very angry at his mother because he is suffering from disease and frustrated with ...
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A verb for "deficiency"?
There are several verbs in English meaning "cause" such as "give rise to", "bring about", "generate", ... .
But each of such verbs seems to be more idiomatic for particular things. For example, when ...
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