The English Oracle

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Word for an animal that has been ridden too much?

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How do I reference letters when explaining my characters' accents?

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Is "starboard" used for land vehicles?

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What phrase describes "having same outcome in spite of having better resources"?

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What do we call a person whose guesses are almost always correct?

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Feeling of losing one's love

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Usage of "w.r.t." in academic papers

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Alternatives to the noun 'dump' (as in "a data dump")

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How to avoid ambiguity when referring to a 24-hour period?

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Convolve vs. convolute

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What is the difference between "onetime" and "one time"?

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Does "painted lady" sometimes mean prostitute?

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Why are promiscuous women known as "slappers"?

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Am I correct that, in terms of conversation, "converse" can in no way be used as a noun?

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When I say "comment out", does it mean to uncomment something or comment it?

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Word for being disgusted by but unable to stop looking at something

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Why is "service" pronounced the way it is?

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Name for a verb that switches meaning depending on whether it has an object

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Verb for "to make optional"

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articles with the possessive nouns in the plural

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Idioms, how do they work?

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What is this ‘-ing’ structure?

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'Instead of' vs 'In stead of'

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Why "off to hell in a handcart"?

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Relationship with daughter's husband's cousin?

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Word for item or concept which has permanence?

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Word for rungs in a rope ladder or on shipboard rigging

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What is the meaning of the terms: brown meat, black meat, white meat and red meat?

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What is the origin of "deadly" as "excellent" in Irish and Australian English?

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How does one write "day in and day out"

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What's the opposite of "precede"?

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What is "the exception that proves the rule"?

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"View", but for hearing

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Expressing an opinion: to me or for me?

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Is there a clear delineation between the usages of 'this' and 'that' in American English?

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English equivalent to Dutch "Mopping while the tap is running"?

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One word request - Synonymous with noun "shreds" and connotative of squishy bits?

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Does "criticism" imply positive as well as negative?

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Naturalness of expressions like "Me and Adam have discovered ....." in conversational English

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Is there an English equivalent of the Italian idiom "non confondiamo l'oro con la tolla!"?

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non-condecending term that has the meaning that is usually associated to 'first world'

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Does "reinventing the wheel" have negative or positive connotation?

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Is it true that only the positions of the first and last letter in a word matter, the rest can be scrambled?

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Meaning of 'made them out to be'

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What does "duly" mean in the phrase "duly noted"?

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Article usage in compound predicate nouns

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"At hand" vs "on hand" vs "in hand"

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What does the "work" part mean in the following English words: network, clockwork, etc?

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In the armpit or under the armpit?

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What is the origin of "don't punch a gift horse in the mouth"?

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