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Past tense alternative for "wind up"
I am writing an action scene and trying to stress that a character is winding up a punch. For clarity this means frames 1-3 in the image below.
At the moment the sentence is : She winded the first ...
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Word for how a person who knows little Spanish speaks [closed]
Is there a word for English speaking people that know little Spanish? It's for a book I'm writing.
"An American who moved to Mexico recently for the people but mostly for the underworld society, ...
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Year is to Annualized; as Day is to _____?
Is there such a word exists to fill in this analogy: Is there such a word exists to fill in this analogy: Year is to Annualized; as Day is to _____ ?
Daily comes to mind but not really correct.
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Better terms for "Investigative Abilities" and "General Abilities"
I'm writing a roleplaying game based on the Gumshoe system (I swear this is a language question rather than one for rpg.stackexhange.com!).
Characters in this games have a set of Investigative ...
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Is there any other word for "thumbs up thumbs down"?
I am working on my college project, which is a kind of product review/feedback website. In this many users can give their comments and opinion, and like or dislike the product.
I'm very confused what ...
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What do you call something that is not first in a sequence?
Is there a word to describe something that is not the first element in a sequence, but can be in any other position? A synonym of "not first", in fact.
This element is __ in this sequence.
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