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What do you call the act of drinking a whole bottle of, say, water in one go?
Aug 13 '18 at 21:51
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Is “cops” (= police) a slang/derogatory term?
Jun 25 '20 at 9:23
58
What's the difference between “vanilla” and “plain” when talking about yogurts?
Aug 15 '18 at 22:41
37
“When you Frankenstein a team together…” - Is “Frankenstein” a new verb?
Oct 23 '19 at 22:00
37
Meaning of “be of” in the given context
Nov 6 '18 at 3:56
37
“Transgender” versus the obsolete term “transgendered”
May 16 '18 at 18:14
29
Why does the phrase “cross my fingers' mean just ”cross middle finger over index finger"?
Aug 27 '18 at 1:18
25
What does “guilty” mean in this context?
Aug 31 '20 at 19:58
20
Can I say “guess what” to acknowledge new information?
Nov 29 '19 at 15:34
18
What does “that's that” mean in this context
Aug 30 '20 at 15:43
18
What does 'in first for' mean?
Jul 26 '18 at 20:33
17
What is the meaning of “shop-wise” in “… and talk turned shop-wise”?
Oct 3 '19 at 12:09
15
“lose her for two hours”?
Dec 24 '19 at 3:03
12
An analogy of “punish is to berate”
Aug 22 '18 at 19:16
10
What do the phrase “Reeyan's seacrest” and the word “fraggle” mean in a sketch?
Apr 27 '19 at 19:43
10
How to understand “I had two try”
Dec 6 '18 at 2:58
9
What does “As in” mean here?
May 8 '18 at 1:14
8
Right or left? When the teacher says: “If you look at the diagram on the left hand side, you will solve this question!”(In a position like this?)
Aug 15 '18 at 21:18
7
How to understand: “The owls are nothing next to the rumors that are flying around”?
Sep 6 '18 at 2:44
7
What does “for” mean in “…for works written by and for the sophisticated adults ..”
Nov 16 '17 at 6:18
6
When is it specific enough for 'the' to be used (e.g. [potential article] + [noun] + [prep.] + [another noun])?
Feb 22 at 0:40
6
“One of them” vs. “One of which”
Aug 27 '18 at 16:23
5
How should we understand this conversation about the use of the phrase “you do you”?
Oct 4 '20 at 23:58
5
It wonders me. Possible?
Jun 3 '19 at 16:18
5
“I have been given it on the condition that I do not pass it on.” What does that mean?
May 25 '19 at 15:22
5
What's “a liquid lie”?
Nov 7 '18 at 14:32
4
Why does Google show the pronunciation of “teacher” as /ˈtēCHər/, not /ˈti.tʃɜː/?
Nov 25 '20 at 8:09
4
Making nouns from present perfect
Aug 31 '20 at 17:46
4
“For + him/her/them + was + to+infinitive” vs “ was + for him/her/them to + infinitive”
May 24 '19 at 3:36
4
Meaning of “critical language”
Dec 25 '18 at 18:56
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