The English Oracle

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Use of the word "lore"

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Is "geometry" plural or singular?

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Opposite of a deposit refund

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Origin of the phrase "drink you under the table"

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Alternatives to "break a butterfly on a wheel"

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A verb for helping a criminal without knowing it

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Use of the superlative when only two items are present

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"Production" vs. "manufacturing"

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Can the word "capsize" be used for cars?

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Is "Is it a girl or a boy?" really calling the infant an "it"?

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"To go below a minimum numeric requirement": opposite of "exceed"

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What single noun denotes a person who is interested in something?

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What does "proverbial man with a hammer" mean in this context?

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A word for someone who everyone is scared of?

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What is the difference between "accumulative" and "cumulative"?

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"Size" is to "resize" as "capacity" is to what?

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Idiom/word/saying request: Accepting a situation out of desperation

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Opposite of preparation / is there a word for winding down after an event?

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What does "apple of my eye" even mean?

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"Being ran", "being runned" or something else?

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What's the origin of "flipping the bird"?

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Which is right: "drop-down" or "drop down"?

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Response to "God Bless" when parting company

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When do I have to use 'will' instead of 'going to'?

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English equivalent to the Japanese saying "高転びに転ぶ" - A haughty man should tumble down?

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"Upvote" vs. "up vote" vs. "up-vote"

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What is the origin of the saying, "faint heart never won fair lady"?

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Adjective for 'shite'

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Are prepositions fixed for words?

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Why is it "Universal Time Coordinated"?

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Why is there no plural indefinite article?

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In the format of A.B. Name, which is the given name and which is the family name?

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"Key thob" and "key fob"

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How do native English speakers respond to "Thank you"?

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Why is it "serviceable" but not "servicable"?

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“Get something to work” vs ”Get something working”

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Through a Glass, Clearly / A Scanner Darkly / In a Mirror, Darkly / etc

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Antonym of "exodus"

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"The more, the merrier!" -- Is this a sentence? If not... what?

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Word for someone who has never experienced hardship

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Meaning of 'cf.'

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Can "snob" be used as a verb?

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What's the difference between a "racist" and a "racially sensitive" remark?

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What word means "eating place"?

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Word for the emotion behind "D'oh!"

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Meaning of 'He can't be bleat' in Witcher TV series song 'Toss a coin to your witcher'

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Co-Founder, Co-founder, or cofounder?

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What are the historical reasons for the conventional sequence of footnote symbols?

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Origin of the usage of "Man" as a word of exclamation

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What is the origin of suffixing "-ass" to adjectives?

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