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Is it correct to use resent when you mean re-sent ? I can't find the word resend in Oxford Advanced Learner, Cambridge Advanced Learner, Collins Cobuild...
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Hello, I've been google-ing and searching all over the internet for the meaning of the phrase "Forcible Occupation" but I can't seem...
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In the event that the country responds to the outstanding debts reluctantly, it will for sure __to inflation. (A) reach (B) approach (C) lead (D) apply...
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He sat slumped over his desk, the picture of misery.
slumped is an adjectiv but in this sentance it seems like the word is working as an...
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The CD keeps skipping.
- Is of this sense commonly used in American English? I take
physical possession of six monolingual dictionaries for learners...
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Hi, Is there any difference between squatting and crouching? Thanks in advance
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Hello, I have some problems in understanding this sentence. First, where does the computer sit atop? On a book shelf? what is a "squat bookcase"...
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The University Policy Committee will review the __ policy and determine if further legal oversight is required. (A) revising (B) revision (C)revise (D...
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What is the precise meaning of the highlight ?!
To the delight of his proud parents , he has made a full recovery.
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Hello, Can someone please explain me this sentence? What does "enshrined on his altar" mean? And according to him, we have entered an age that...
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Hi Do you think there is any difference between "consciousness" and "awareness"? For example, somebody wrote: "left-brain consciousness"...
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Hi, What does 'miss' mean in "she had missed him not being at home"? Please help, thanks.
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Hello, what does "drive hunter" mean here? is this a hunting technique? or does it mean that fishermen do it a bit violently? Taiji is not the...
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Hi, He tied a condition to his return to the company: Bob would have to treat him as an equal. What does ' tied a condition to his return to the company'...
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Hello guys! Can you complete the *** lines I can't here exactly? Here's the link to the audio file. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't...
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Can someone explain the sentence in bold below?
Recreation is only one source of affinity within a White House culture, people there...
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Hi, What does "right" mean in this sentence? does the text finds the court right or does it say that the court was determined to implement the...
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Does anyone have an idea what "animation gels" and "prints" are like in the following sentence? There will be collectable sports cards...
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when they were discribing cars, they said: Cornering : does it hug the road or does it wallow about ? 1. Is wallow about an idiom? I can only find some...
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Hello, I've been studying Amiri Baraka's poem "Black Art". He wrote this poem during the Black Arts Movement in the 60's, in tune...
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Hi You might wonder whether these beliefs are such a bad thing. We know that they’re not true, but at least, you could argue , they emphasise the connections...
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What is the stem for the word: obstinate
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Hello, What does First Guy's Guy mean? The text is about President Obama's female supporters who feel left out due to Obama's interest in "male"...
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Hello, I meet with a sentence: "I was concerned for a minute there ". I don't understand what does "there" mean here. Is it "about...
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Hi, I have some troubles understanging words in bold. It's about plane battle. Boys, Eisenhower knows what he’s doing. If we keep hitting “Fritz” where...
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