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This tag is for questions specifically related to the English language as spoken and written in the USA. If you are interested in a difference between American English and British English, please use transatlantic-differences.
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What does "penny roll" mean in this sentence?
In the self help book 'Pushing to the front' by Orison Swett Marden, under chapter 30 (Self Help) it is said:
Franklin was but a poor printer's boy, whose highest luxury at one time was only a penny …
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Who is "Peter" in this sentence?
This is an excerpt from the self help book "Pushing To The Front" by Orison Swett Marden under a chapter entitled "Dare":
As the strongest man has a weakness somewhere, so the greatest hero is a cowa …
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What does "squeeze along" mean in this sentence?
It was not intended that we should have such a hard time getting a
living, that we should just manage to squeeze along, to get together a
few comforts, to spend about all of our time making a living …
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What does this quote from "Mr. Dooley" mean?
Could anyone please help me understand this quote of Mr. Dooley from the self-help book "Pushing to the front, Chapter LXII: A College Education at Home" by Orison Swett Marden:
"Reading is not think …
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What does "filling a vessel with virtue" mean in this quote of Phillips Brooks?
Could anyone please help me understand this quote of Phillips Brooks from the self-help book "Pushing to the front, Chapter LXVI: Rich without money" by Orison Swett Marden:
"A man may as soon fill a …
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