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How macabre is a graveyard?
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asked May 20, 2019 at 15:51
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Is 'contemporary' ambiguous and if so is there a better word?
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Van Gogh goes or Van Gogh coughs? Is there a commonly accepted British English pronunciation?
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Is there an academic word that means "to split hairs over"?
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34
How to distinguish bars of chocolate from candy bars?
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31
Puzzling verbal analogy
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29
Idiom for a situation or event that makes one poor or even poorer?
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23
Negative verb for "it will pay off"
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Can't think of a good word or term to describe not feeling or thinking
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Why would you say "it changed me" instead of "it changed myself" here?
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17
If I farm, I'm a farmer. But if I guard, I'm a guard?
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17
Why would you say "it changed me" instead of "it changed myself" here?
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14
Verb for getting something (e.g. information) by cunning and/or perseverance
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14
A picturesque equivalent for German "Beutelschneiderei", i.e. what cut-purses and fraudsters do
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12
What word best describes someone who likes to do everything on his own?
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12
What is Plautus’s pun about frustum and frustrum?
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responsible as to her keel
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What term do you use for an impulsive reaction?
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6
There is no question that you will not misunderstand this sentence
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6
Text me when you're there Vs. Text me when you'll be there.
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5
Why is it “Who do you help?,” not “Whom do you help?”?
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5
Is there idiom for searching something that might not exists?
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5
Born - an adjective/verb/passive voice
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5
What does 'turn of the century' mean?
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Having decision making power over someone's assets
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5
Verb "abound" to ask someone to develop a subject
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Usage of "the" before a verbal noun
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