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Adjective/slang that describes a person who urgently needs to go to the toilet
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What's the origin of the colloquial "peachy", "simply peachy", and "just peachy"?
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What's the difference between "method" and "fashion" when they both mean the ways you doing something?
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What are the possible meanings of positive "any more"?
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"If done correctly, ..." [closed]
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Does the "elbow-handshake" have any relation to the phrase "rubbing elbows"?
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Are there any plans to extend the English alphabet
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What does "Don´t you dare play the strings of my heart" mean?
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Formal alternative for "on the other hand, ... on the other other hand ..."
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What term describes a person who always remains ill?
Awarded Nov 27 at 22:05
Difference between *splendid* and *splendiferous*
Awarded Nov 27 at 14:37
Is calling someone 'didactic' risking offense?
Awarded Nov 27 at 11:18
Is the usage of "the a priori" correct?
Awarded Nov 27 at 8:49
What is the original superlative form of well?
Awarded Nov 26 at 15:24
Is this a "new" way to use the word Demise?
Awarded Nov 26 at 14:09
Source of "If the shoe fits, buy it in every colour" [closed]
Awarded Nov 26 at 10:56
Idiom for new-employee training period
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I dislike his/him being blunt [duplicate]
Awarded Nov 25 at 6:55
What do you call those two strands coming out of the electric capacitors?
Awarded Nov 25 at 2:39
Use of Like/Unlike (Double negative)
Awarded Nov 25 at 0:40
Should "romaji" be capitalized?
Awarded Nov 24 at 13:37
They have found, or they have been finding?
Awarded Nov 24 at 10:19
What does "not" modify?
Awarded Nov 23 at 15:28
A word to describe the completion of uncompleted work before a vacation
Awarded Nov 23 at 13:41
What's a modern alternative idiom to 'Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar'?
Awarded Nov 23 at 5:17
Bonus points, only negative
Awarded Nov 23 at 4:41
Term of solid phase floating on surface of liquid phase
Awarded Nov 23 at 0:43
What should I call a balance sheet that doesn't balance?
Awarded Nov 22 at 23:00
Don't change vs Wouldn't change
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Trending vs Trendy [closed]
Awarded Nov 22 at 9:18
"This October I will have been xxx yrs in this country"
Awarded Nov 22 at 5:58
A word to describe that you ate too much so you don't like it anymore now [duplicate]
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"Milk your cow more and feed it less"
Awarded Nov 20 at 22:08
Why represent percent with "pc" rather than "%"?
Awarded Nov 19 at 13:53
What is the meaning of "I’ll be up you for the rent"?
Awarded Nov 19 at 7:40
When is "and" appropriate but "as well as" is not?
Awarded Nov 18 at 4:56
What is the term for an expression such as, "Now we're cooking with gas."
Awarded Nov 18 at 0:10
Looking for the "God Bless You" of Hiccups
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Word for word meaning of "to beard a lion in his den" [closed]
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Is there a single verb meaning "Make actionable"?
Awarded Nov 17 at 2:11
What do you call a person who values experiences over possessions (material things)?
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Idioms/Phrase for Obvious No
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Single Word for Telling a Narrative that Spans Over a Character's Lifetime
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If it wasn't / hadn't been for
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English, I'm asking if trash can be an adjective in this sentence formation:
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What did Donald Trump mean when he said Hillary "had no game"?
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What is this obfuscation method called?
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Origin of prefix "Mc" McDonalds or Monty Python?
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We have "Here" and "There", why not "Hen" and "Then"?
Awarded Nov 14 at 14:37
Plenty of time, space, and money is needed or are needed?
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"perished of fits"
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Adjective to describe a "friend from a long time ago"?
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Is there any rhyme or reason to when one should double the last consonant when adding -ed or -ing? [duplicate]
Awarded Nov 12 at 13:01
A word similar to "self-promoting"
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Where can I find statistics about the count of words starting by a letter?
Awarded Nov 11 at 14:47
How do I explain that the last "it" isn't needed in this sentence?
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Is there a semantic difference between the nouns "pack", " pac", and "pak"? [closed]
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to- infinitive as object complement
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It was your choice; idiom or expression [closed]
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One single word for sandbox/training/workshop/root-cause-analysis/experimenting environment
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