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Is “I'm working totes” new slang?
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Is there a word for a question asked despite knowing the answer, but meant to elicit a response for the sake of the audience?
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Truefully vs Truthfully -- interchangeable?
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A situation when two or more people speak at the same time
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What does "the dogs of prescriptivism" mean?
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A word for "a message to myself"
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A better word than "babysitter" for an adult
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Is there a word or phrase that describes old articles published again?
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What is the English idiomatic equivalent to the Russian “бряцать регалиями” (to “rattle one’s medals”)?
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What to call "casual" or "commonplace" death?
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Someone whose aspirations exceed abilities or means
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What is this strange sentence by Walt Whitman?
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Is there a single word (or a short phrase) meaning "to be used both in the UK and in the US"
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What is the word for dragging motion of a finger on a trackpad?
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A term for ads masquerading as independent journalism
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Is this emotion envy?
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Is there an English idiom for when you must commit to a course of action even if it turns out to be the wrong one?
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What is an idiom to tell someone to control their excitement, mostly before taking action?
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Name of fastening metal pieces holding the cardboard back to a picture frame?
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A proverb that expresses the idea that an unaddressed problem will lead to consequences?
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word for temporarily ordering a worker to a new position because of an emergency
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What are the long metal things in stores that hold products that hang from them?
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Is there a word for a fictional character who's obviously a copyright friendly version of another character?
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Meaning of "or we have headphones or we don't, so..."
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Is there a idiom to express a retail operation that closes its door as fast as it starts?
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How common are "arrove" and "arriven" (vs. "arrived")?
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(Please see the image) would this be called "leaning against a table" or is there a better phrase for it?
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Why does "know" start with k but "gnostic" start with g?
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How to express in a diplomatic, but not too subtle, way that an old (and popular) notion should be dismissed in favor of a new (and better) one?
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"Whomever" as both object and subject
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