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Put in as install or set up
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categories of verb inflections
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Are there any disparaging synonyms for 'city slicker'? [duplicate]
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Is use of the word "dwarfism" considered offensive?
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Are slang usages of "bud" common?
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How to describe a weird situation?
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What is the adjective for a person that doesn't have any vices or sin
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One-word/phrase replacement for "made for the sake of being made"
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WOE, in texting?
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Should it be “was” or “were”? “The results were not as conclusive as was/were expected”
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Long way to catch up?
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Is it possible to make a declarative sentence starting with 'Can'?
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Shorebased, Shore-based or Shore Based?
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to be riddled with something vs to teem with something
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Why phonemic symbols are different between dictionaries
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What is the idiom for "trouble came from somewhere no one expected it to come from"
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Should the 'or' come at the end of the first line or beginning of the second?
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What's the difference between "abbreviation" and "abbreviature"?
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Should it be "is" or "are"? "This tool has far greater powers than is/are apparent"
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Word for "someone whom the law is enforced upon" [closed]
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Looking for a word that can represent position or size or both
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Adjectives used to describe a person who only respects rich people [closed]
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Aphorism for "if you can't do what you want right now, do something else that furthers the greater goal"?
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Multiple instances of the same (foreign) word
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"Like" as a preposition
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Should "the Music Industry" be capitalised?
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How can I more aptly describe acceptable laziness?
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Regular vs Irregular polysemy
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Meaning of "Walk my way"? [closed]
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Why is the antonym of "within" not "without"
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Word for combination of strength and agility
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What does 'bower' mean in this sentence from Walden?
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Is there a word that means "influential location/place"?
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How to use the word bullshit?
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Why does the word gobs mean a copious amount?
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What happened to the word "awesome" between 1760 and 1790? [closed]
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How often do people use "would" when they are talking about past events?
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Is there a word to describe one who distils complex concepts into simple ideas?
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What it means "Decisions in 10 minutes or less, or the next one is free."?
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Is this sentence grammatically correct? [I'm passionate about anything marketing] [duplicate]
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Subjunctive mood (or not): If my girlfriend go/goes [closed]
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What's the one-word for a plan which is always discussed and planned but it never happens?
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A single word or phrase when someone pretends to be so close to you [closed]
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"Leave for better" or "Leave for the better"? [closed]
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A to the B to the C: some kind of slang [closed]
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What do you call someone who helps a volleyball team but isn't playing for the team?
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Direction of apostrophe in Hawai'i
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Are either of the phrases "African-American individuals" or "European-American individuals" hyphenated? [closed]
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Is there a close equivalent to Russian saying "Chem dalshe v les tem bolshe drov"
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Word for the behaviour of those small fish that swim alongside whales or sharks
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“I don’t mind getting to know you more.”
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What's the word for contents that are left in glass after a drink is finished? [closed]
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Does the word "sympathizer" have a negative connotation?
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Having little green kittens about something [closed]
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Hyphenation: Should it be context dependence or context-dependence?
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The right use of 'manifest'
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Doubtful that vs doubtful whether/if
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A single word for dishonestly underselling one's own importance/credentials?
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Is 'peasant' generally considered derogatory?
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Finding a suitable English translation of "An old donkey pulls all the weight all alone"
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