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What do we call an object that is going to be, or is being, or has been consolidated?
What do we call an object that is a member in the action of consolidation?
Is "consolidatee" a word?
For example, I have two sets of objects that are going to be consolidated into one single ...
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Trying to help but ending up causing more harm than good [duplicate]
I'm writing a paper on Romeo and Juliet and how Frair Lawrence and the Nurse are to blame for Romeo and Juliet's deaths and I'm looking for a word. I've looked at other posts but I just see the same ...
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Reason, Discourse and Language
Reason (as in the cognitive skill, human property, logic latu sensu, thought) is translated in Greek as Λόγος.
But Λογος is also the ability and the skill of persons to speak, write and word their ...
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Is "Cotton Industry" the proper term for an industry build around something more successful?
Over the course of my life, I heard people use the term "cotton industry" to derogatorily refer to a group of people that make money based on something more successful. For example:
On YouTube, an ...
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One word for "someone working far away" [closed]
To say that since you're working in different location which is far away you won't be able to handle this activity.
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A person or large groupe of people who came in my city from another city and stayed to find work or just to live but they are not really welcome [closed]
Almost like immigrants but they are not from other countries. In my language, we have a single word to describe such phenomenon, wanted to know if there is one in English.
Thanks!
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Neither light exposes him Nor darkness hides him
"Neither light exposes him Nor darkness hides him"
It's used in an Arabic story, and I want to translate the whole story into English , so I wonder If it is right beacause it is a literal translation ...
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A word to describe "class of" for summer camps
In the same way that one would say "class of 2010" to describe the student body in a school for a given year, what word could I use to describe the "camper body" of a summer camp?
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How to describe efficient usage of coins/notes?
Let’s say that you owe someone $15. Using Australian currency, the most efficient way of expressing this amount of money is with a $10 note and a $5 note. If you gave that person a $10 note and 10 50c ...
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What's a word to describe something that is "non-English?"
I was trying to write a sentence in which I referred to films produced in non-English-speaking countries in languages other than the English language, but with English subtitles added to them:
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I want know the use of the term "disgusting", and its nuance
(I do not speak English well. Sorry.)
In South Korea, the word "Disgust/Disgusting" are essential words for high school examination and college scholastic ability test.
So, many Korean students know ...
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How to describer "Checking with alliances/signed-agreements to see if something is permitted/lawful" in two or three words [closed]
If your boss asks you if we (that is, our company) can do something (like a particular import from a company in another particular country), and you say that we will have to check with the agreements ...
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What is the word for a personal out-of-place remark you make during a conversation?
What is the word for it when you make a remark, rather absent-mindedly during a conversation? It may be very significant for you personally or you may have been pondering over it, but it seems out of ...
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If something with no specific time associated with it is called timeless, what would you call something with no specific place associated with it?
I would, quite simply, like to know what the word is for something that could happen in any place; similar to the word "timeless", though that refers to something that could happen during any time. I ...
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Does "wobble" sound negative?
I'm launching a project which I want to make big as possible. I want to find a name, but I'm not looking for any real meanings. This project is a web tool (Javascript prototype & API) so I want to ...
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