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This tag is for questions about the meaning of a word, which a dictionary cannot answer. If the question is about the meaning of a word that can't be understood outside its phrase or sentence, the "meaning-in-context" tag should be also used; for the meaning of a phrase, use the "phrase-meaning" tag instead. Your question should normally include the dictionary definition of the word, and explain how the dictionary does not answer your question.
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Meaning of "Three cheers, indeed; but there was more to come, an unguessed epilogue, an enco...
Three cheers, indeed; but there was more to come, an unguessed epilogue, an encore played to a tragic audience.
This text is from Good-Bye Mr. Chips (2nd Chapter, last sentence).
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Meaning of "the flexible Chinese bamboo curtain was countered by a Western curtain of rigid ...
For twenty two years China lay forgotten and was even confused with a small island, one of its provinces, and the flexible Chinese bamboo curtain was countered by a Western curtain of rigid disregard …
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Meaning of the word 'wurst'
"I'm real sorry to 'ear that, sir. There's two or three o' my pals, anyhow, who remember 'er clear as anything, though we did only see 'er that wurst. Yes, we remember 'her all right."
Reference: Goo …
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Which one is more negative connotation?
I didn't like smirk on jester's face.
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I didn't like grin on jester's face.
Smirk means to smile in a way that annoys, and grin means to smile widely that all teeth are shown in an amusing way. Bo …
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Which one is more negative connotation?
"I didn't like smirk on the jester's face" appears more negative in connotation that smirk means smiling in a manner to ridicule someone or to show your indignation while a jester usually wears a wide …
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None of or None for
1. There is none of you.
2. There is none fore you.
Both these two sentences have no context. Students are asked in an examination to choose the correct one.
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By road or on road
She always travels by road.
Is it correct to use the preposition by here because we use by normally with the means of transportation like She always travels by bus.?
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Explanation of the clause
"Here," I said, "deposit it." The tone of the words seemed to mean, "Let us do this painful thing while the fit is on us."
(Reference: MY FINANCIAL CAREER by Stephen Leacock)
What does the author ac …
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What does an atom of a person mean?
Brookfield would not have an atom of him different.
Reference: Good-Bye Mr. Chips , Chapter 15
What does actually the writer want to refer to in this sentence? Does it mean that Brookfield would never …
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Difference between keep away and keep away from
1. He keeps away smoking.
2. He keeps away from smoking.
This is a question given in option to choose only one sentence as correct sentence. It seems that both sentences are correct but in different c …
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Unadvertised cold spells mean?
He would not go abroad he had once tried it, but had chanced to strike the Riviera during one of its carefully unadvertised cold spells.
The phrase its carefully unadvertised cold spells is a littl …
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Anaphoric reference
A son looks to the affection of his parents. If they fail, they are expected to bring the case before the judge to seek justice.
In the second sentence, the pronoun 'they' is used as an anaphoric re …
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