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This tag is for questions about the meaning of a word, which a dictionary cannot answer. If the question is about the meaning of a word that can't be understood outside its phrase or sentence, the "meaning-in-context" tag should be also used; for the meaning of a phrase, use the "phrase-meaning" tag instead. Your question should normally include the dictionary definition of the word, and explain how the dictionary does not answer your question.
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The phrasal go along
The meaning you're used to is one of the common meanings of "go along with". The other common meaning is the one in the sentence you've asked about. …
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Meaning of phrase with "to allow for"?
Definition of "allow for" from Wiktionary:
To take into account when making plans.
The problem is that they didn't allow for the extra centimetre of overlap. So it didn't fit correctly.
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Is suddenness an important part of "spurt"?
Suddenness is an important part of 'spurt'.
If blood is spurting, it is shooting out in short, powerful blasts known as 'spurts'. There will be a spurt for each beat of the heart. Each spurt starts a …
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How do you interprete this sentence--- "The answer is in the positive?"
With no context, that means that the answer is 'yes'. This is a known phrase I'm familiar with that would not cause me any pause.
With context, it might mean that the answer is a quantity, and that t …
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a common pool -- meaning?
A 'pool' is a collection or supply of something. A swimming pool is a collection of water.
See definition 4 here.
So, in your specific Java example, the strings are all collected together in a 'pool …
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Running up in the middle
As far as I'm aware, "up the middle" is a sports term originating in American football. I wouldn't be surprised if there was previous usage in rugby or football.
It's not particularly idiomatic. It l …
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rarely far from discussions
If you try to find the exact phrase "rarely far from discussions", you're not going to find much. It's more common to talk about one discussion, and rather than saying 'rarely', people will say that s …
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What's the meaning of this clause: "losing it that"?
You could drop the "by the prospect of losing it" clause entirely and not change the meaning of rest of the sentence:
That last year, when life became so intensified that she would once again experience …
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I can't come to school tomorrow. I __ my aunt? [am visiting - will visit - .. ]
The most correct answer is none of those choices:
I will be visiting my aunt.
You're not visiting her now, but you will be tomorrow.
That being said, conversational English doesn't always have to be …
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off vs from: "He fall off/from his bike and broke his leg"
Those are basically the same, and I wouldn't pause if you said either one.
That being said, when talking about a bike I would naturally use 'off' rather than 'from'. I would be more likely to use 'fr …
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a specific usage of the process infixes
It means that a curse word, or 'expletive', may have another word embedded in it for emphasis.
In the example, the normal expletive is 'goddammit' ("God, damn it"), but for emphasis they've added the …
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Nice to meet and nice to know you
"Nice to meet you" is a fine thing to say in this situation. It would be more common to say "It was nice to meet you". However, I wouldn't feel like that was a farewell by itself, but more of a polite …
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What does this structure mean: "to be had"?
JavaLatte has a good explanation of how to reorder the sentence, making it active voice, in order to understand it a different way.
Beside reordering, you could also try replacing the phrase "to be h …
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Does "learn by hard" mean the same thing as "learn by heart"?
No, "learn by hard" is not a stock phrase in English, and it's not clear to native speakers what is meant.
I believe most who hear this will assume that either they misheard or the speaker misspoke, …
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Difference in the meaning and the grammar between "take a bite out of the stings" and "take ...
When you take "a bite", that's an action. You're using your mouth to remove a chunk of something.
When you take "the bite" out of something, that's a property that's being removed.
Here are some rel …
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