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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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What does "simplifying rigors" mean in this sentence?
The following sentence is from The Economist, October 30th 1993.
Unlike his eight immediate predecessors, Mr Clinton became president
at a time when the simplifying rigors of the cold war had ev …
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"flit away the hours" - what does it mean?
I try to find the meaning of flit in the below occurrence but, after searching quite some dictionaries, am not able to. Can you help with explaining what 'flit' means below? I would appreciate if you …
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meaning of "poised"
I have looked up the dictionary, and, according to the Cambridge Academic Content dictionary, the word 'poised' has two meanings:
[ not gradable ] ready to move, or prepared and waiting for somethin …
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