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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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"bitter arguments and heated discussions" - meaning of "bitter"
Here bitter is used for acrimonious - : bitterness, anger, rancor, resentment, ill feeling, ill will, bad blood, animosity, hostility, enmity, antagonism, waspishness, spleen, malice, spite, spitefu …
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If I say "I am a Portuguese translator"
It is ambiguous. If I say:
"I am a Portuguese fisherman."
There is no ambiguity. Since you already recognize the possibility for misinterpreting the sentence, as a writer, you should add enough ma …
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Whats the meaning of "countertops" here?
Here it means:
"The flat working surface on top of waist-level kitchen cabinets."
See countertop
Here it is used as an item in a list of things that can easily be stained.
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difference between “go up to” and “go up”
Slightly different meanings. Going up the mountain would be used if you were on the mountain and in the process of ascending it.
Going up to the mountain would be used if you were not on the mountain …
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This is where you are vs this was where you were?
The two keys facts:
the person is in the room.
the person was in the room before you entered.
Therefore a/ and b/ and e/ are valid.Option c/ seems confusingOptions d/ and f/ are valid, but might t …
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