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This tag is for questions about a body of words. It should not be used to inquire about the definition of a specific word.
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What is the precise word to cleverly take a way something
I suggest pilfer, a synonym of steal with a slightly different connotation:
especially: to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again
It seems like a good fit because you’re describ …
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Go out of fashion or go out of trend?
Fashion is the only word of all the options that collocates with "went out of ____". (This comes from my experience as a native speaker, and it's backed up by a quick search of the Corpus of Contempor …
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He can eat little/some/very spicy
None of them are correct. Spicy is an adjective, but you're using it as a noun.
To fix this, you can use the noun spiciness. You should also use a different verb than eat (because you don't eat "spic …
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How to interpret which is the troubled one?
The adjective modifies the noun it's directly in front of. You cannot put an adjective there if it's supposed to modify vacation; it must go in front of the noun it's modifying:
a troubled writer’s ( …
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What is the word for referring to the act of "putting" gas inside a container?
What word you use depends on how exactly the gas is being moved into the container. For example, it is possible for you to:
Pump the gas
Blow the gas
Pour the gas (If the gas is heavier than the air …
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