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This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the several possibilities available for a particular meaning, and which one of them would be the most appropriate.
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Verbatim's Equivalent Word Meaning Letter for Letter
Verbatim means word for word. I also use it to mean letter for letter. Is there a better choice meaning letter for letter?
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He's going to be/get called all kinds of things
In general usage the words are similar and can be used interchangeably. As other have indicated get called is more informal usage. However, in the specific case where you are referring to someone 'g …
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Consider any of the faces, e.g. the blue one, should I call it one panel or 9 panels?
According to your quoted sentence, each face is composed of nine panels. Panel, however, is a terrible term to refer to the nine units that make up a face, without somehow letting your reader know th …
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Do native English speakers regard ‘bawl’ as an easy word?
Bawl easily understood by native speakers but probably isn't used as often as the other words in your example.
Shout, exclaim, yell, and cry allow for more leeway in how they are used.
One can cry wit …
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reached the gold medal
No. The verb reach implies a progression of tasks or achievements. Winning a gold medal can technically be accomplished without a progression of tasks or achievements. You don't first need to win a …
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What is the word used to express "investigating someone without their knowledge"?
In the U.S. they would be working undercover and you could say, The cops are engaged in undercover surveillance. Clandestine and covert also work but I think undercover is most often used to describe …
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Led him to/into behaving childishly
More naturally, when one thing leads to another, and you have structured the sentence as "adjective-noun" leads to X, the sentence is better understood as "adjective-noun" leads to "adjective-noun". …
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What's the difference between made and caused in this sentence, and what is the right answer...
Good question! "Caused" is the verb that works with the sentence as it is. Although either would work with the correct sentence. The structure is different but the meaning is the same.
What cau …
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What is a good expression for saying that two things share some similaraties?
A and B have something in common.
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On the evening Vs. In the evening
Events occurring at specific date/day intervals are indicated as occurring "on".
We're going to the store on Wednesday.
We're going to Disney World on October 8th.
Events occurring at gener …
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Should it be "street" or "streets" in the following sentence?
There is a subtle difference in your two examples and I don't think they mean quite the same thing. Street can be used literally to refer to a paved road. Street can also be used to refer to particu …
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"You caused me to learn this"
I like to say,
Thanks to you, I learned something new.
It rhymes. It also expresses my gratitude toward those who share their knowledge.
Thanks to you, is a common English phrase that means Because …
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Do these sentences make sense? How to use "a ray of sunshine" and "a breath of fresh air"?
Her ray of sunshine is to reach the peak of Mount Everest, is a very uncommon usage of ray of sunshine. I would say that it is an incorrect usage.
A ray of sunshine is something or someone that metap …
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names for accounting documents
The word Receipts is nice choice and is commonly used to describe those documents that a seller would issue to you to acknowledge a purchase. Receipt is very general and will be understood to mean 'pr …
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When to say "I need money" as opposed to "I need the money"?
A millionaire and a person with £1 live in the same city.
Q: Who needs money?
A: They both do. Without it neither can buy anything. (It just so happens that the millionaire already has a lo …
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