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ARROGANCE : a feeling or an impression of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or presumptuous claims (WEBSTER) PRIDE the quality or state of being proud: as a : inordinate self-esteem : CONCEIT b : a reasonable or justifiable self-respect c : delight or elation arising from some...

What's the difference, if any? An english teacher told me to use "go over old ground" instead of "to reinvent the wheel" in this sentence (I asked for a synonym and he came up with it): "Just use our product instead of reinventing the wheel." But if I use "going over", I bother if the meaning...

RE: I didn't stop until I (had) reached the top" an attempt wrote: Some confusion arises if we do use the Past Perfect here: it appears that the action in the first clause, “not stopping” (i.e. going up the hill), came first and the action in the second was after that going. So we see that in...

Agreed, paco. Nicely delineated in principle, though I don't understand the "negative" part. In reality, however, I feel the distinction between (1) and (2) has been quite blurry. My empirical intuition is that strictly sticks to its original definition (i.e., not used as a synonym of...

Hi MrP, how’s it going? 1) I finally thought of this possibility, which I reckon eliminates the problems: “Thus, it seems that we must not put the emphasis on the fact that a shadow always and necessarily follows a body when the body blocks light, but just on the fact that in these...

Peter, thanks for rounding things out. Your additions are right on target. Gulnur, I also felt like you tended to play down negative emotions. I suspect this is a tendancy for us all in that negative emotions are less acceptable and sometimes more destructive than positive emotions. I am...

"Little" and "bit" can be considered synonyms, but the latter is informal and mainly used when one speaks. In formal speeches it should be avoided. "A little bit" is an informal way of saying "little" (emphatically?): A: Would you like more wine? B: Just a little bit, thanks. "Slightly" is...