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This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the meaning or correctness of a word in a sentence. Give as much context as possible.
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Correct usage of smoke screen
Colloquially, you could use "dodge". Others have addressed smokescreen, but you could simply say:
Please don't dodge the question.
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"story" without article meaning "past"
While I agree that you can't use "story" as you're trying to, be aware of "storied":
1 : decorated with designs representing scenes from story or history a
storied tapestry
2 : having an i …
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Is it correct to say "don't do it mechanically" in this situation?
As others have said, "mechanically" is fine in this context.
Since this is ELL, I thought I'd also note you could say:
"Don't just skim through the passage, read the whole thing to understand the full …
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