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What is the correct word for "turn off lamp" for a non-electric lamp?

answered Jun 27, 2017 at 9:18

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What do you call the act of drinking a whole bottle of, say, water in one go?

answered Aug 15, 2018 at 11:57

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Shouldn't it be "Nobody touch him!"

answered Jan 26, 2018 at 15:32

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Is the language of The Economist artificially complex?

answered Mar 28, 2018 at 12:43

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What does "a drop in replacement" mean

answered Nov 7, 2014 at 11:36

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"Listen my dear two-year-old son, this is (a) cat, and that is (a) dog." -- Leaving out the article in definitions like this

answered Apr 15, 2016 at 18:56

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Meaning of "Too true, too true!"

answered Mar 23, 2015 at 15:58

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To look "forced"

answered Nov 20, 2014 at 18:25

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"Too expensive for me to afford it" why ungrammatical?

answered Dec 11, 2018 at 11:10

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What should I say if someone from the opposite side of the earth says “good morning”?

answered Mar 6, 2015 at 21:03

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Words which mean Off and On when someone is speaking a second language

answered Jul 26, 2016 at 23:24

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Word for unused in a while?

answered Feb 24, 2018 at 15:38

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What is the opposite of "star" (celebrity)?

answered Feb 28, 2018 at 1:42

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Flammable or Inflammable

answered Mar 14, 2014 at 18:44

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Worship someone as a sign of love, respect, etc

answered Sep 18, 2016 at 16:11

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Is it okay to use the phrase "try and"? Is it grammatically correct? e.g. "I will try and answer ..."

answered Feb 12, 2017 at 17:53

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How to understand "don't code today what you can't debug tomorrow"?

answered May 7, 2016 at 18:57

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"I'm in!" -too casual?

answered Jul 2, 2016 at 16:33

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meaning of "claim" in "claim asylum"

answered Dec 21, 2019 at 19:58

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Is "keep out each other's hair" wrong?

answered May 19, 2015 at 11:09

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Meaning of "then as xxx is not so much that"

answered Mar 11, 2015 at 17:49

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What does "like few others" mean?

answered Feb 13, 2018 at 1:52

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BBC News Sentence: Isn't it an indirect speech? If yes, where is 'that'?

answered Jan 3, 2015 at 17:44

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What is the correct word for "turn off lamp" for a non-electric lamp?

What do you call the act of drinking a whole bottle of, say, water in one go?

Shouldn't it be "Nobody touch him!"

Is the language of The Economist artificially complex?

What does "a drop in replacement" mean

"Listen my dear two-year-old son, this is (a) cat, and that is (a) dog." -- Leaving out the article in definitions like this

Meaning of "Too true, too true!"

To look "forced"

"Too expensive for me to afford it" why ungrammatical?

What should I say if someone from the opposite side of the earth says “good morning”?

Words which mean Off and On when someone is speaking a second language

Word for unused in a while?

What is the opposite of "star" (celebrity)?

Flammable or Inflammable

Worship someone as a sign of love, respect, etc

Is it okay to use the phrase "try and"? Is it grammatically correct? e.g. "I will try and answer ..."

How to understand "don't code today what you can't debug tomorrow"?

"I'm in!" -too casual?

meaning of "claim" in "claim asylum"

Is "keep out each other's hair" wrong?

Meaning of "then as xxx is not so much that"

What does "like few others" mean?

BBC News Sentence: Isn't it an indirect speech? If yes, where is 'that'?