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This tag is for questions about the meaning of a word or a phrase in a specific context, which a dictionary cannot answer. Please give as much context as possible.
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would even Cersei be so mad = was?
Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
" [...] They are bastards. The girl as well. All three of them
abominations born of incest.”
Would even Cersei be so mad? Catelyn was speechless.
Martin writes …
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What's the meaning of "God would score the toss" (of the dice)?
What does to score mean here? To keep the score? I understand that the author means that she has no control of the dice. But what does this mean relative to God? Does score the toss mean to keep score …
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to get an easy ride = not be punished/have repercussions?
How I escaped my certain fate by Stewart Lee
Acres of angry newsprint were generated, much of it about things that
weren’t even in the show - [...], the 6,000 swear words that never
were – and …
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to cut between = move in the most direct way?
How I met my certain fate by Stewart Lee
Cutting between Gottfried’s grinning face and the sight of people literally falling off their chairs laughing and gasping, in pain, for breath, The Aristoc …
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would be that = would seem that?
How I met my certain fate by Stewart Lee
I realised that the structural framing device for this show, a single
hour-long shaggy-dog story about anal investigation, religious
persecution and a …
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hot from = excited from?
How I escaped my certain fate by Stewart Lee
When Richard Thomas’s songs were arranged and underscored by
professional, commercial musical theatre arrangers, hot from Mamma
Mia! and such like, …
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<that's> now it is lost = that it is?
How I escaped my certain fate by Stewart Lee
I’ve, I’ve done this before when there’s been a kind of split in the
room. Usually it creates an atmosphere of bonhomie. But tonight, it’s
made it …
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crushed inevitability
How I met my certain fate by Stewart Lee
I don’t do Pull Back and Reveal [type of joke] any more. Instead, with
painful slowness, I raise a ratty curtain that was covering something
which we h …
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sting = disadvantage?
Educated by Tara Westover
For as long as I could remember, this image had been at the core of my idea of paradise: my husband, and his wives. There was a sting in this arithmetic: in knowing that …
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audience grows larger and less <finessed> = subtle?
How I escaped my certain fate by Stewart Lee
On a good day, this is the difference between Ricky Gervais and Jim
Davidson, a difference Davidson fails to grasp and one which, to be
fair, becom …
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present simple in future
Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
"A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you’ll know the debt is paid."
I understand t …
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It had been decided to talk again if they did not appear
Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
They had argued for many hours, and reached no agreement. The Old Bear was too stubborn to retreat, but neither would he rush headlong up the Milkwater, seeking …
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