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Describe an event that will be held at a time other than its standard one [duplicate]
How to describe an event that is usually held in a specific time-frame but this time and based on the extraordinary conditions should be held at another time?
Specifically, FIFA World Cup usually held ...
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Is there a term for an experience that causes someone to change their beliefs? [duplicate]
I'm wondering if there is a term for an experience or event that causes someone to develop new beliefs or change existing beliefs.
Some examples:
After a person has negative or positive experiences ...
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What do you call it when for sake of one the whole lot has to suffer?
What do you call it when fishermen are fishing for supposedly a specific species of fish and the net eventually end up catching surplus unwanted fishes of other species. What are these unwanted fishes ...
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Word/term for persistence in incorrect pronunciation
Is there a word or idiom for persistence in pronouncing words incorrectly, even after being corrected?
Specifically, this question has arisen from a teenage debate over the correct pronunciation of "...
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Is there a word/phrase/idiom to describe the feeling of you facing a dilemma?
I've got "running backward on a cornfield" as an answer on Reddit... there aren't enough usages of it online so I'm not quite sure what it actually means...
are there any alternatives?
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What is the best word (or term) to identify pronouncing W's for L's and R's?
Is there a specific/proper/technical term for it? And not just the R-flop, but specifically the L-flop to W.
What would work here:
“I'm watching Formula 1 on Sky Sports and the __________ of the ...
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