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1. What is thunder out? Astonish comes from Latin extonare, ex-, out + tonare. Extonare is "thunder out." 2. Could you give me a sentence including the phrase "thunder out?" 3. What is out here? Thanks.

Sure. Underling, duckling, princeling, yearling, gosling, darkling, godling. Just go to www.onelook.com and enter -ling. Darling = dear + ling.

Suffix -ling denotes pejorative. How can it be in Darling? Thanks.

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1. What is the difference between a putative and an alleged father? Which one does a mother most likely take to court for paternity suit? 2. The Latin root for putative is putare, which is also the root for amputate, compute, repute. Putare is

Are they synonyms? Could you give me examples? Thanks a lot. bmo

1.Is there any difference between these two, inquiry and inquistion? 2. Which one is the noun for verb inquire? Thanks.

Thanks to both. I have seen both usages on the Interent, so I asked. bmo

I think there is a mistake in the bill, or on the bill? Thanks. bmo