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Is there an academic word that means "to split hairs over"?
May 13, 2019
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How to distinguish bars of chocolate from candy bars?
Jun 22, 2020
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Puzzling verbal analogy
Sep 1, 2018
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Idiom for a situation or event that makes one poor or even poorer?
Oct 8, 2019
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Negative verb for "it will pay off"
Aug 30, 2018
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Can't think of a good word or term to describe not feeling or thinking
May 17, 2019
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If I farm, I'm a farmer. But if I guard, I'm a guard?
Aug 30, 2018
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How macabre is a graveyard?
May 20, 2019
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Verb for getting something (e.g. information) by cunning and/or perseverance
Aug 30, 2018
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A picturesque equivalent for German "Beutelschneiderei", i.e. what cut-purses and fraudsters do
Oct 3, 2018
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I want to share a very basic and somewhat troubling observation
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ELL and ELU -- problems in distinguishing when googling
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Why would you say "it changed me" instead of "it changed myself" here?
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What is Plautus’s pun about frustum and frustrum?
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Text me when you're there Vs. Text me when you'll be there.
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Usage of "the" before a verbal noun