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is it okay to say “don't step your slippers on the mat”?

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answered 4 hours ago Lambie 24.1k

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is it okay to say “push somebody/something over” when your action is “pulling”?

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asked 7 hours ago Tom 8,256

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In a casual conversation to a child, is it okay to say “a skirt” when you are actually referring to “a shift or pinafore or jumper”?

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answered 7 hours ago Kate Bunting 2,717

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What's another way to say that a person is not without means or is not destitute?

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Do you have an idiom that is similar to this “You don't scare / cry if you don't see the coffin”

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asked yesterday Tom 8,256

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Wording for three different behaviors for a count-down timer hitting the maximum range

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Is it ok to say “to tie your finger with a rubber band”, “to wrap a rubber band around your finger”?

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answered yesterday Kate Bunting 2,717

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What is the opposite of “crowded” (“uncrowded” is simply “not full of people” not “very few people”)?

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answered yesterday BobRodes 12.6k

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Word for something near in time

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Is the “-return” as a suffix valid?

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answered yesterday Jay 49.8k

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Do we say “you need good manual dexterity” or “you need to be skillful”?

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What is the word that expresses “the sound of a piece of metal hitting a hard object” (couldn't remember it, a “clan..” or something like that)?

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asked 2 days ago Tom 8,256

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Is it idiomatic “She is sitting with her hand / hands under the chin / the temple / the cheek”, etc?

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modified 2 days ago Tom 8,256

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Do you say “I accidentally opened the suitcase uncontrollably and the clothes poped out / spilled out over the floor”?

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answered 2 days ago JavaLatte 41.7k

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