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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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What does 'hymnodies' refer to in this context?
Following is a quote from the novel, "Requiem, Changing Times" by R J Parker (emphasis mine):
"I had that rash on my face from that fish Mom got - that was the last meal that came out of that restaur …
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What is "Sisu means data"?
The Sisu in the quote doesn't refer to the Finnish spirit. Instead, it refers to a San Francisco based data-driven technology company that helps its clients make better decisions by analyzing their da …
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What does "come up with" mean here?
The first meaning perfectly fits, as you've already deducted.
Waits muttered the joke on Norman Lear’s television show Fernwood 2 Night in 1977, but he didn’t come up with it.
This simply means …
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Does the phrase "literary servility" have a negative meaning in this paragraph
Literary means connected with literature. Servility, as you rightly mentioned, is the eagerness to serve and please someone, which in itself portrays negativity.
Hence, the phrase literary servility, …
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What does "rabbited" mean/imply in this sentence?
Joss Whedon, who wrote The Avengers, also wrote the sci-fi TV series Firefly.
There he describes the term rabbiting as "Hightailing; running; fleeing" for the spaceship. (check under the heading "Fro …
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"If you pay for my ticket then we will be quits." -- what's the meaning?
According to the dictionary, be quits means:
"to not owe money to someone or to each other now"
If you pay for my ticket then we will be quits
will then mean that the subject in the sentence wi …
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What's the meaning of I've got no room?
B is telling A that there is no empty seat left in the vehicle in which B is riding and taking the prisoner to Mercy hospital. This is because already a uniformed officer (a policeman) is riding along …
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meaning of the phrasal verb "run to" in context
It means that the households cannot afford even a one-week holiday in an year.
The same is confirmed by the table that follows the text in question (reproduced below as an image; note the highlight): …
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What does the "last then" phrase mean in the given sentence?
As mentioned by you in the comment, the source of the text in question seems to be arguing in the favor of online degree programs.
Ergo, "Last then" simply refers to the fact that the sentence that f …
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What is the meaning of given quote - When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes
Lifehacker sums it up beautifully:
"Indeed, this saying does seem comical, but its simplicity is powerful. In our day to day lives we find a way to complicate everything. The food we eat, the work …
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What does "she swore" mean in this sentence and why?
From Cambridge Dictionary, swear also means:
to promise or say firmly that you are telling the truth
In this context, she (the grandma) swore that Thomas had grown several inches since she last …
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I can't understand " do it in '', "come across", and " get something from" in this context
In fact, on the set they barely spoke to each other, though, this doesn't COME ACROSS in the film and they look like a great couple
"Come across" refers to the act of the couple barely speaking t …
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What does "squat" refer to in this context?
Following is a quote from the novel, "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins (emphasis mine):
"My laptop is on the floor next to my bed; it sits there, a squat, accusatory presence."
What does …
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help to understand "Not the long-molared Mudblood?" in this context
You are right on both counts - both those references are for Hermione.
Malfoy calls Hermione a "mudblood" because her parents are muggles. He means it in an insulting way.
"Long-molared" is yet anot …
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Is the 'operator' the driver?
Is the operator the driver?
No, they are two different people. The driver is Scott. Hussain is the operator, the person running/operating the company Prestige.
Prestige is a company's name, h …
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