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What is a background check? [closed]
I wanna understand the meaning of the background check? Like I don’t know how to do one or even get one. I really want to know the purpose of a background check.
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Can the word 'centerpiece' be used figuratively?
The word 'centerpiece' refers to the decorative piece in the center of a dining table. In the German translation ('Kernstück'), we can also use it figuratively, e.g., to refer to the central point of ...
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Word for the river emptiyng into the ocean
In Portuguese we have the word "desaguar", which would roughly translate to "to release water" but is almost exclusively used to mean the offloading of water by a river into another body of water. We ...
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Word / Phrase request for someone who loves to propagate education among others
I am looking for a English word or phrase which suits someone who love to propagate education among people by establishing educational institutions or writing books and so on.
In order to translate a ...
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Negative version of "high spirit"
I am looking for a certain noun similar to "High spirits". It carries two pieces of information:
The regarded person is in a very happy state, acts this way and knows no danger.
It indicates that ...
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What is an inlay apartment?
I am not sure if this word really exists. I am trying to translate the German word Einliegerwohnung into English.
I live in the ground floor of a house and the owner lives in the upper floor. So what ...
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You "show" someone a picture. You "---" someone a song?
In Maltese, we have a verb meaning "to show" corresponding to "to see/to look", and we have a different verb corresponding to "to hear/to listen":
inti tara stampa (you ...
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Some problems in understanding a word in a sentence [closed]
I am translating the following text from English to Italian and it is not very clear for me the meanig of the phrase written in bold. Can somebody help me? Thank you in advance.
Twitter is an ...
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