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This tag is for questions seeking a word that fits a meaning. Please demonstrate why you expect the word to exist in English. For example you could tell us a word that means the same in another language. Please use a bilingual dictionary and include the result of your research. Please include a sample sentence demonstrating how the word would be used. If you actually seek a phrase, or don't care, see the "phrase-request" tag.
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Is it correct to say "You buttoned your shirt unevenly"?
The wrong holes version is clearer and should be good enough. An added simple gesture to the child will remove all doubts.
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Does "the man went to the left of the building" refer to "the man's left" or "the speaker's ...
The man went to the left of the building
means he went to area A, that is, the man's left.
We generally don't treat a building facing us as having its left-right sense opposite of ours.
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I add h …
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How do we express that the foundation of a body of knowledge that has not been learned prope...
He lost the foundation of English subject.
doesn't sound right to convey the meaning.
He is weak in English basics.
doesn't say that the weakness is due to the failure to learn during those years. …
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Is that called "a paper sleeve", "a paper bag", "a paper folder", or "a paper file"?
The item in the first picture is made of plastic and hence cannot be called paper something. It's not a sleeve or bag; folder is also unlikely.
We can call it a plastic document case.
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What verb should be used in this sentence?
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Other than the intransitive weaving as in weaving through suggested by the OP, we may consider its transitive use but with additional words. M+W sense 5 for weaving explains:
to direct (somethin …
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What is the part between 2 knuckles called in everyday English?
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Not everything should go through a description like that. Here we should just show. However, if we must write, then simple words would do instead of medical terms used by the professionals. We …
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Is this called a balcony or a corridor?
It is a corridor.
M+W defines corridor: 'a passageway (as in a hotel or office building) into which compartments or rooms open'
Collins Dictionary defines it similarly: 'A corridor is a long passage i …
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How can I express the idea of counting a number slowly by prolonging it from one point of ti...
We can't possibly start counting during the inhalation stage. The entire counting process for a number is in the exhalation stage.
Take a deep breath. Start counting 'one' slowly from the moment you …
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Is it natural to say "the news came to the king's ears"?
Come to one's ears is found in thefreedictionary:
to be heard by one eventually
The idiom come to one's knowledge is more common and is defined as
to become known to one
Google has a similar phras …
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Is it correct to say "I am rolling my friend singing" in everyday English?
What the OP heard
I am rolling.
is likely an elided form of
I am rolling [the camera].
M+W sense 4b defines roll and gives an example similar to the one here:
to cause to begin operating or movin …
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Can I say "they are playing office politics in their company" to mean different groups in th...
The phrase office politics is quite wide and can be used to describe factionalism in the office for players to gain influence as the OP has described. Office politics
involves the use of power and s …
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What words are similar to dilettante in pronunciation or spelling?
Delectant is a possibility. It means delight, charm or please.
delectant (Latin)
Verb
dēlectant
Inflection of dēlectō (third-person plural present active indicative)
delecto (Latin) Verb
delight, c …
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What is the adjective used to refer to clothes that you wear every day such as a dress or a ...
Why were you swimming in your usual/normal/ordinary... clothes?
I see no reasons to have such a classification for this. Adjectives like these would be understood but won’t make the sentence any c …
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What is the noun put after "out of" in this sentence "drink slowly, check for the pip and le...
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It may be difficult to form a sentence in the way the OP wants.
We could say
Drink slowly, don’t take gulps, and don't swallow the pip.
Collins Dictionary sense 4 defines gulp:
gulp countable …
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Can I say "he lived in silk" to mean he had a luxury life in which he was pampered with luxu...
No, live in silk is not used. You may see some in Google Books, but they are false positives.
We could use
live in the lap of luxury,
or
live in clover:
He lived in the lap of luxury.
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