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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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How to express the behaviour that someone who bargains with another don't make his best offe...
dicker
to argue with someone, especially about the price of goods:
Cambridge on-line
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A parentless child is an orphan, but the parents who lost their child are?
Although I agree that there is not a pre-existing word in English for this condition, I came across a term while researching the US gun violence situation. It was coined by Professor of English & Law …
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How do you describe this way of walking while bent forward?
Hunched (over)
(of a person) leaning forwards with their shoulders raised and their head down, or (of shoulders, etc) in the posture adopted by a hunched person
. "Genevieve hunched her shoulders …
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verb which states that you fixed an alarm
When a burglar or fire alarm is tripped, the central monitoring station operator will perform a check on the status of the system. This may consist of a visual check via cctv, or a call-back to the ho …