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This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the several possibilities available for a particular meaning, and which one of them would be the most appropriate.
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Do native English speakers regard ‘bawl’ as an easy word?
As a native English speaker, I am not especially familiar with the first definition of "bawl" in your question, but would easily understand it in context without a second thought. 'Bawling someone out …
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What is the movement called when you put out a cigarette on the ground with your foot?
"Grinding under your shoe" is another way of referring to it. To me, "stubbing" is (often repeatedly) pushing the lit end of a cigarette into an ashtray to extinguish it, which is not the same as crus …
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using ignorant as a positive word
You could use "ignorant" to imply innocence, particularly of something negative.
Sally arrived from her hometown ignorant of the wicked ways of the Big City but she was a quick study.
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