Is there really no word / phobia for a 'fear of becoming fat'?
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Are there any English sayings equivalent to the Japanese proverb, “Go to bed early and wait for the good news”?
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Intentional double negation
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English equivalent for Polish phrase meaning doing something fast and poor quality
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Verb used with "threshold"
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Is there a word meaning "my child's spouse's parents"?
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Why is "subpar" not "superpar"?
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Why do we use 'up' as adverbs for verbs?
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Which one is correct? "has been taken already" or "has already been taken"
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An idiom for deriving pleasure from another's suffering
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Can there be a better word for commonplace observations?
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Another way to say "be safe and come back soon"
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Of all the 'ph' as /f/ words, is there a reason why only 'sapphire' and 'Sappho' have 'pph'
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Is "lays important groundwork" appropriate usage
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(Parentheses (inside parentheses))
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word meaning 'in large numbers'
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Is there a proper name for the 3 asterisks that are used to suggest temporal discontinuity?
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"At no extra cost" vs "with no extra cost"
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Looking forward/forwards to your reply
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When talking to American clients, should I say "smoothie" or "milkshake"?
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A word for a person who is made a villain by their circumstances, not necessarily by their actions
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When did "consumption" become "tuberculosis"?
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What does "bore down" mean?
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Using "was" vs "were" for "as if"
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Etymology and Elizabethan English connotations of "sat at meat" (Mark 2:15, KJV)
793
Is Gorka’s remark “Is what’s good for the Heinz not good for the Gorka?” so preposterous enough to be deemed ‘never before rendered in English’?
222
What does Albert Einstein’s epigram, “Many of the things you can count, don't count. ...” mean?
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"Please explain" or "explain please"
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Subjective use of 'was' where 'were' would be expected (and indeed is immediately used) by Hemingway
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Origin & history of name "she oak" or "sheoak" (a Casuarina tree)
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Adjective for "terrified yet calm and capable"
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How do American dialects differ?
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"Concision" vs. "conciseness"
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When should I use "Would", "Would have", "Will", and "Will have"?
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Idiom or phrase for "nickel-and-dime"ing your time?
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"Call me through/at/on this number"
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"at the floor" vs. "on the floor"
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"The very minute after"
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Is there an expression or idiom to express in an informal/funny way that it is a person's fault when something is not working?
800
Word for "in the ongoing sense"
126
"I feel bad for you" versus "I feel badly for you"
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"Engagement", "betrothal" — connotations?
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Why does vowel length of Middle English trust not match its probable Old Norse etymon traust?
572
Single-word synonym for a “pedantic rule-follower”?
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right (opposite of left) connected to right (legal term)?
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What other expressions and sayings do you have as an alternative to ‘Rip Van Winkle meets Facebook.’?
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Word for something that spreads
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Is there a word for the instant after you are slapped and are deciding how to react?
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Can "vetted" be used to mean somebody to whom some restrictions are not applied?
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What does "at scale" mean?
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