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What's the difference is meaning between "Democrat vs Democratic"?

I watched a video of Mr. Trump saying: It's not the Democratic party. It's the Democrat party. I don't get the sarcasm because I don't know the difference between them. What I understand is: …
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What’s the meaning of ‘somewhere between eight and 12 seconds’?

I think you're confused because "Seconds" are "time" but the word "Somewhere" is used in the sentence instead of "When" or "Somewhen". When I was a beginner at English, I thought that "Somewhere" or …
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Anything vs. something usage in this sentence

It's not like there's anything else to do. Shouldn't the speaker say: "There's something else to do." ? so what's the meaning of the sentence and what's the difference between the two of them? Th …
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Meaning of "Put me down" and "course" in one sentence?

Hey, Mr. Peanutbutter. You wanna go fly a kite? Put me down for a supersized "sounds great" but with an even larger main course of "sadly, I cannot." I'm swamped here at work. Well, I th …
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Meaning of "Studying electronics as long as I could pick out my own books"?

Somebody told me: Studying electronics as long as I could pick out my own books. but I didn't understand what he means. I can guess that studying electronics takes too long time. Am I right?
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What does "have been left with" mean?

I had optic neuritis more than 25 years ago and was left with permanently reduced field of vision in my left eye. I saw an eye specialist earlier this year and he told me that I was extremely unlucky …
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Is this sentence correct? Does it sound natural?

The next bill you would pay one year in advance. The bill after the next bill, you will refund the one-year-in-advance amount of money that you paid the previous bill. I know that I made a long adjec …
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Meaning of "turtles were drawing" in this paragraph

The paragraph exists in this website: http://news.discovery.com/animals/why-do-some-turtles-breathe-out-of-their-butt-140617.htm And yet, when scientists placed a small amount of food coloring in …
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How to describe periods and cycles of dates?

Let's say that someone gets his profit (interest payment) from the bank on the first day of each month. A second person gets is profit on the 15th or whatever the day is. Is this correct and clear i …
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How to solve the double meaning of "Must be"?

The papers must be blue This sentence means: I have not seen the papers but I'm sure they are blue. If it's an instruction, it means: You must use blue papers. Any other color will not work. …
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What is the meaning of "if anything"?

I do understand the meaning of "if anything" in the context. I can understand each word individually. Here is the text: In the past it was a common belief that snakes couldn't hear much, if anyt …
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What's the difference between "To have" and "To make"?

I think both sentences have the same meaning. If there any difference please, tell me. I'll have him killed. I'll make him be killed. Here another examples: Why you guys have your phones turned …
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