The English Oracle

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Word for someone who adopts lower class mannerisms

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Opposite of epicanthic fold (not occidental)

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Symbols for "YES" and "NO" in formal English writing

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Fearing rejection from others and hence hesitant about it

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Any relation between visor and supervisor?

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Do many Americans have trouble pronouncing "fr" in "infrastructure"?

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"Bless you" & sneezing

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"Not a clue" vs. "no clue"

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How to refer to people of mixed race?

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I don't have a ___ in this ___ (saying)

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Can you "regret" someone else's action?

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"The more..., the less.." type of sentence corrections

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"Analogy is the Delaware of Cognition"

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What is the etymology of "close" as a description of the weather, or temperature?

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Is there a word for person who is obsessed with scores

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What kind of form is “don’t anyone”?

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A word or phrase for a fake doctors or healers

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What are the different resources to announce a digression?

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Is there a clean version of "no sh*t, Sherlock"?

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Origins of negative prefixes like in-, un-, il-, ir-, dis-, a-

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What kind of accent is this?

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What to call a chandelier's crystal drop?

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"How long have you [had/been having] this?" - Cont. or Simple?

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"Not so much" at the end of a sentence

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Are Pounds Sterling referred to as squid (in addition to quid)

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What is the Middle English letter?

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What is the "not only ... but also" sentence pattern called?

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What words mean "not located yet"?

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What's the antonym for Schadenfreude?

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Mnemonic for "complement / compliment"

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What is the name of the paper that stickers are usually sold on?

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A word for 'the ability to see beauty'

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Is it right to say "Why not [verb]"?

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The habitual past "would" versus "simple past" tense

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Usage of "symmetrical" and "symmetric"

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Is there any proverb or idiom that conveys "the world is bound to no man"?

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Difference between "memoir" and "biography"

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What's a gay transsexual woman?

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Can "shop" (related to selling or stores) be used as a transitive verb?

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What does Maugham mean by "his spaghetti were"?

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Word meaning "to begin simple but to become complex"

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Should apartheid be capitalised?

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What would you call a person who farts a lot?

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What does the phrase "humor me" mean?

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Storage for abstract things?

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Do frequency adverbs that go at the beginning of sentence need a comma? (Occasionally, Sometimes, etc.)

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One word for shelter-giving

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Use of 'as per' vs 'per'

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Word for someone who finds oil reservoirs

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"Dead, and never called me mother!"

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