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What does "go blue" mean here?

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Why is "Dick" a nickname for "Richard"?

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Why isn’t the third person singular used in “The Lord bless you”?

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Do native speakers still use "ought to"?

answered Feb 17, 2017 at 1:53

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Why can "low" become "lower" and "lowest", while "up" can't?

answered Apr 24, 2018 at 3:40

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Is the "global" in "global pandemic" redundant?

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Idiom for saying something doesn't cost a lot for someone rich?

answered Jul 14, 2022 at 23:02

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What would you call, for the lack of a better way to put it, "benign nationalism"?

answered Mar 21, 2021 at 20:43

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What does "bleed a rock" mean?

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"When you Frankenstein a team together..." - Is "Frankenstein" a new verb?

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An American expression for "a packet of crisps"

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The usage of "amateur night" as an adjective

answered Aug 30, 2018 at 16:49

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Do all native English speakers actually pronounce the "th" sound?

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"Dog" can mean "something of an inferior quality". What animals do we use, if any, to describe the opposite?

answered Dec 9, 2019 at 23:21

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On the meaning of 'anyways' in "What Exactly Is a Quartz Crystal, Anyways?"

answered Sep 19, 2019 at 22:07

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What do you call someone who likes to pick fights?

answered Mar 9, 2019 at 2:15

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Workplace idiom for "bei Gelegenheit" - order to do eventually, but do not provide priority

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The men on board a hospital ship

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What does the phrase "I fish hold of it" mean, in the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front"?

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Do 'single quotes' indicate a concept?

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A common term for errors that are the result of other errors?

answered Sep 22, 2023 at 10:54

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Meaning of 'a cow's caboose'

answered Nov 23, 2018 at 5:12

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What do you call or how do you describe this in English? overcooking the food? What do you call the black stuff?

answered May 28, 2018 at 8:39

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What does the phrase "pinch apart" mean here?

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Is there an idiom that means that an item of clothing fits perfectly?

answered May 7, 2019 at 0:00

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If a sentence ends with an abbreviation (e.g. "[...] he lived in the U.S."), does that mean "U.S" is a correct abbreviation?

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What does "joint-most" exactly mean?

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Girl found alive in France murders car, say what?

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Meaning of a joke in the Big Bang Theory: "when your locus coeruleus sits around the house, it sits around the house"

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Why need 'from' in "from whence his large yellow eyes glowed in the darkness"?

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What does "go blue" mean here?

Why is "Dick" a nickname for "Richard"?

Why isn’t the third person singular used in “The Lord bless you”?

Do native speakers still use "ought to"?

Why can "low" become "lower" and "lowest", while "up" can't?

Is the "global" in "global pandemic" redundant?

Idiom for saying something doesn't cost a lot for someone rich?

What would you call, for the lack of a better way to put it, "benign nationalism"?

What does "bleed a rock" mean?

"When you Frankenstein a team together..." - Is "Frankenstein" a new verb?

An American expression for "a packet of crisps"

The usage of "amateur night" as an adjective

Do all native English speakers actually pronounce the "th" sound?

"Dog" can mean "something of an inferior quality". What animals do we use, if any, to describe the opposite?

On the meaning of 'anyways' in "What Exactly Is a Quartz Crystal, Anyways?"

What do you call someone who likes to pick fights?

Workplace idiom for "bei Gelegenheit" - order to do eventually, but do not provide priority

The men on board a hospital ship

What does the phrase "I fish hold of it" mean, in the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front"?

Do 'single quotes' indicate a concept?

A common term for errors that are the result of other errors?

Meaning of 'a cow's caboose'

What do you call or how do you describe this in English? overcooking the food? What do you call the black stuff?

What does the phrase "pinch apart" mean here?

Is there an idiom that means that an item of clothing fits perfectly?

If a sentence ends with an abbreviation (e.g. "[...] he lived in the U.S."), does that mean "U.S" is a correct abbreviation?

What does "joint-most" exactly mean?

Girl found alive in France murders car, say what?

Meaning of a joke in the Big Bang Theory: "when your locus coeruleus sits around the house, it sits around the house"

Why need 'from' in "from whence his large yellow eyes glowed in the darkness"?