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Word that would mean "to make a narrative out of"
I have a question about a potential word that may or may not exist.
I'm trying to find a word that would basically mean something like "to make a story out of" or turn into a narrative.... ...
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Word for a person or entity who is permitted by society to do bad/greedy things because they have been charitable
I would describe this person or entity as "feeling entitled" by that doesn't exactly capture what I am trying to say.
For example: A person who donates a lot of money to some charity gets '...
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He went to the cinema if a good movie was "on". He went to the theater if a good play was "on" or "up"?
A good movie was "on", sounds alright. A good play was "on" doesn't sound right to me. Does "up" work like coming up/scheduled/soon to appear?
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What dialogue tag can be used to describe being confused? [closed]
For example; My brother was standing in front of my room. “Are you ok with this?” He huffs.
“What do you mean?” [A term that would describe that she is confused]
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Overwhelm someone with work/‚evidence‘
(Remark: after thinking a bit more about it, I arrived at „flooding with information“.)
I‘m looking for a word (maybe an expression or phrase), where one party „B“ hands in so much information/„...
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Word or phrase for an idea that is good in theory but not practice
There are two things I’m thinking about. First, implementing ideas into policy on a large scale. An example could be the idea of communism, a big argument is that communism seems ideal on paper but ...
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What is a single word/phrase that can be used in place of 'mistaken assumption' or 'incorrect belief'?
What is a suitable word that can be used in the below story scenario?
I've considered the following words; Delusion, Conjecture, Fallacy, Belief, Erroneous assumption. Is there a better word anyone ...
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Is "Harley machine" really a phrase used for a Harley-Davidson motorcycle?
In the musical movie "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986), in the song "Feed Me (Git It)", the lyrics go:
Seymour: [Sung] Gee I'd like a Harley machine
Toolin' around like I was James Dean
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Is there a word or phrase that fits this scenario? [closed]
I had a conversation with a close friend about how much music they've listened to; the confusion started when she said 400, but she never specified what that number meant. I believed she said albums. ...
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Word for "under the support/help and protection of"
"Homes of a particular community vandalized by the goons under the support and protection of police."
How can I say this in a better way? The police was with the goons. Goons got full support and ...
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A word(?) on giving something a different name on media to make it more acceptable? [duplicate]
Is there a word or a phrase that has to do with renaming an act (that is deemed morally questionable) so that it may seem more neutral and therefore acceptable to the general public? It has nothing to ...
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How to say ”entangled parking space”? [closed]
As an official translator, I need to be loyal to the text in such a manner that no words are omitted. In translation of title deeds there’s a section which specifies the metes and bounds of the ...
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Term for "people who get easily traumatized"
I am surfing over google and dictionary and books but cannot find a term for people who are easily traumatized.
Is there any term for it? Or should we just say like:
She is easily traumatized.
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Phrase request: apparently useless information that could be useful
I'm currently working on some answers on other stackexchange sites ( specifically Ask Ubuntu and Unix & Linux ), where I'm utilizing a few command-line utilities or shell programming constructs ...
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Word for "Significant enough to make a difference"
I wish to know what could be a one word or phrase synonym for the term 'Significant enough to make a difference'.
Till now I thought that the term 'statistically significant' meant that it's ...
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