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A word for the thin hardpan conventional rotary cultivators create in a field?
As you have discovered, translation is far more than substituting one word for another. Many German words, especially compound words, don't translate to English directly. My favourite example is ...
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Is there a verb form of ‘oblique’?
There is a word: the verb form of the word 'oblique' is oblique. From the Oxford English Dictionary†:
1.b. 1986– transitive. Computing. To render (a font or character) oblique. (Oxford English ...
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Is there a verb form of ‘oblique’?
A typographer might talk about slanting a typeface. Mathematically minded typographers might talk about skewing a typeface.
For everybody else would say "italicize". In practice, oblique ...
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Is there a verb form of ‘oblique’?
No, there is not an exact verb form of 'oblique' in the sense of putting text into an oblique font. But don't worry - even if there was one, you wouldn't use it much. Although italic fonts and oblique ...
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Is there a verb form of ‘oblique’?
Although it's always hard to prove a negative, I'm going to say no, there's no such verb. I just learned something from your question; I wasn't aware of oblique typeface as distinguished from italic. ...
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Is there a word that can be used for both the original thing and a copy of it?
May be:
Instances of the object.
And terms like: original instance(s), and derived instances.
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Is there a word that can be used for both the original thing and a copy of it?
Late to the party here, but I'm assuming this is the name of the attribute on either of these objects. And the attribute is either "original" or "copy". The name for this could be ...
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What is the thin flat piece of wood that you have when you sharpen your pencil called?
I think 'shavings' (as other answer and comments) is probably accurate, but my first thought (native British English speaker) was 'sharpenings'.
'Sharpenings' gets lots of relevent hits on Google (eg ...
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Verb for splitting something into eighths
No. There is no correct verb to fit there in English.
While the verb "to eighth" has some currency, it is not normally used. Instead you should say "divide into eight (parts)". or ...
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What is the thin flat piece of wood that you have when you sharpen your pencil called?
Thin slivers of wood made by a blade, e.g. a pencil sharpener, carpenter's tools, etc, are called [wood] shavings. Those made by sharpening a pencil may be more specifically called pencil shavings, or,...
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Verb that means to get rid of obstacle (person or thing) or to make it disappear as if by magic (such as by staring at it or thinking about it)
It's quite a vague description, but 'dispel' might work, specifically in the sense of:
to cause to vanish; alleviate
The example "to dispel her fears" is given. Other examples on the ...
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What is the thin flat piece of wood that you have when you sharpen your pencil called?
I would probably just call them 'the bits', but you could call them wood shavings.
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Verb that means to get rid of obstacle (person or thing) or to make it disappear as if by magic (such as by staring at it or thinking about it)
"Disappear", as a transitive verb might fit:
M-W disappear
transitive verb
: to cause (someone or something) to disappear:
a: to abduct and kill or imprison (someone, such as a political ...
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Does "subsequent" only refer to the direct successor?
Yes indeed, subsequent can be used for items that do not directly succeed the reference item.
A simple word for the immediately subsequent item is 'next'. For instance, "After 1, 3 is not next, ...
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Is it called a rope?
How thick is it? That's the only difference. If it is only a 1mm in diameter it would be string. If it is 10mm it would be rope. There might be a grey area somewhere between.
To quote the late Spike ...
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A word for a person who blindly believes what is taught in school
While I think your example is poor, there are a number of pejorative terms for a person who is easily deceived:
Patsy, sheeple, sucker
In particular "Sheeple" (a portmanteau of "sheep&...
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A single word for a man who is not exclusively attracted to men
As I understand your question, you are looking for a word that includes heterosexual men and bisexual men, but not homosexual men or women of any sexual preference. If that's what you mean ... I am ...
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A single word for a man who is not exclusively attracted to men
There is not a commonly used word or term that covers the category you're looking at. Terms that I have heard used for this concept include female-attracted man or gynosexual man. Neither of these are ...
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A single word for a man who is not exclusively attracted to men
The problem with your question is that you assume a single term exists to encompass two different types of sexuality whilst excluding another. But most accepted terms that describe a person's sexual ...
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what is a word for freebies given away at some events (e.g. orientation, job fair, ...)?
According to Merriam Webster, the word comp can be used as a noun or a verb to t mean things provided free, or providing something for free. I guess that's an abbreviation for complimentary.
The term ...
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what is a word for freebies given away at some events (e.g. orientation, job fair, ...)?
Words are often used figuratively or with extended meanings, especially in casual or slang contexts. Calling such items "swag" means that it is as if they are stolen, because you got them ...
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". . . who probably confounded the word with a familiar oath" - What *is* the "familiar oath"?
"Goddedaal" is the mate's name, but it is not an English name. (The spelling suggests a Scandanavian origin.) It sounds a bit like "God, damn", a blasphemous oath that I think ...
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A word for the tracks a tractor leaves in a farm field?
You're correct tramline is the the right term for them, for Britain and Ireland that is, they are used for spraying and fertilising and are incorporated into the field by design when drilling so no ...
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A word for the tracks a tractor leaves in a farm field?
As a literal translation, "fahrgasse" would roughly translate into English as "narrow tracks left after driving" - which I would render as "wheel tracks".
However, I am ...
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A word for the tracks a tractor leaves in a farm field?
tractor traces would be another possibility. A trace is a mark left by something that has passed over a surface, and trace has the further connotation that the path chosen was intentional, not random....
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The word that describes the feeling when you're disgusted by a certain taste
I’d say that there just isn’t a word for that, but you have to just literally use a phrase and explain it: I think people normally consider it more of a feeling than as a taste. “Nauseating” and “sick ...
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Is there a word for the various "subevents" at an event?
Long meetings or events often have breakout sessions, or just sessions; generally they are short chunks of time dedicated to one group or topic. The event agenda might even be organized in a grid so ...
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A word for the tracks a tractor leaves in a farm field?
"Tractor tracks" would seem to be a fairly simple descriptive phrase:
By entering fields on existing tractor tracks and paths, crop circle creators can help to disguise how the crop circle ...
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A word for the tracks a tractor leaves in a farm field?
If you're talking about grooves or depressions that are created by the tractor often passing over the same ground, the best word is ruts.
EDIT: After the question was edited to include a picture, I'm ...
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The word that describes the feeling when you're disgusted by a certain taste
A more polite way of saying it would be that the cake is "too rich" for you.
See the sixth definition of the word "rich" in the Oxford English dictionary
containing a lot of fat,...
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The word that describes the feeling when you're disgusted by a certain taste
It depends on several factors, particularly what the particular taste is that disgusts you and the reason for that disgust.
If the flavour is just too strong, to the point of making something ...
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The word that describes the feeling when you're disgusted by a certain taste
You could say you're experiencing "sugar overload". It's exactly the sensation you describe; you've had too much sugar and it now tastes kind of disgusting. It's just a little informal and, ...
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The word that describes the feeling when you're disgusted by a certain taste
The verb 'cloy' that you have found is used relatively rarely. We more often use cloying, an adjective derived from the verb, to discuss excessively sweet tastes or smells. It also has a more ...
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Is there a word describing the feeling when cold water is drank, similar to "spiciness"?
In Vietnamese, we have the adjective "buốt", which describes the feeling of numbness caused by pain or cold. I would personally translate this to "numb" or "biting cold", ...
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What word describes the feeling of "shocked by some great things and humbled"?
I think I have what you're looking for: "intimidated"
frightened or nervous because you are not confident in a situation:
Older people can feel very intimidated by computers.
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Is it correct to say "get to sleep" in this situation?
You are right that if she’s already in bed, then Go to bed would not be appropriate. And Get to sleep, with or without quickly, would be somewhat odd since falling asleep is at least partially beyond ...
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