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Meaning of gram-vendor in context
Reading Shame (1983) by Salman Rushdie, and here's such a sentence.
For five, six, seven days films played to an empty house in which peeling plaster and slowly rotating ceiling fans and the ...
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Meaning of "textbook Launch" in given sentence?
In a post-launch address from the Sriharikota launch port, K. Sivan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO), hailed the event as a textbook launch of a very important and complex ...
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What does the word "Stone" mean in this context [closed]
A book by Salman Rushdie ("Shame"), Hindu–Islamic tensed relations are described.
So there are several words starting/containing the word Stone
Stonewasher
Stone-gang
Stone-godly
'The one-godly ...
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What does "the book was drenched" mean, from the first page of a scanned book?
The first printed page in the scanned online version of Analytical Solid Geometry by Shanti Narayan says, "the book was drenched". I'm positive it doesn't have anything to do with wetness. So what ...
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Why do Americans use ‘them’ in a certain awkward sentence? [duplicate]
So, I am not a native English speaker. I am from India and some of the sentences that I hear from certain movies leave me dumbfounded.
So, the other day I was watching Suicide Squad and I heard Will ...
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Not able to understand the context for "such a reading on the basis of political unity would be inaccurate"
I am an English learner. Could you explain this statement, because I am struggling to understand the context:
Considering that such groups have various definitions of separatism and have ...
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What's your name? [duplicate]
My question may not be related with English language. It might be more of correct usage.
Which one of the following is correct?
Your name, please?
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Your good name, please? // as if there is a ...
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She was carrying twins and a bulky bag in her hands [duplicate]
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Using verbs with multiple meanings
I am not sure if this is Indian English but the verb carry is often used in India to speak of a pregnant woman and often without an object ...
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What does the term 'consequential seniority' mean?
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/devesh-kapur-the-honourable-men/483076/
The Supreme Court struck down the Uttar Pradesh Government Servants
Seniority Rules – which provided for ...
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Please provide me correct interpretation of this sentence [duplicate]
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How does negation affect the use and understanding of “or” and “and”
A's girlfriend doesn't like movies or Roses.
What would be the correct ...
