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Power Lawyer

What kind of lawyers are "power lawyers"? What do they do more precisely? I found the term in a biographical work about an American president. Do they help the president and the first lady make the...
21:17 Sun 27th Sep 20208 answers, last by douglas9401 09:39 Mon 28th Sep 2020
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Red Spot

Hello! All deteriorated buildings in my city have to have a "red spot" near the entrance to show that they are dangerous in case of an earthquake. Are there any similar ways of signaling that a...
19:43 Mon 22nd Aug 20166 answers, last by ladorada 16:37 Fri 26th Aug 2016
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Dwarf's Gait?

Hello! What's the name of this type of gait? In Romanian it's called the dwarf's gait? Best, D...
19:32 Mon 22nd Aug 20169 answers, last by ladorada 16:39 Fri 26th Aug 2016
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Translation Stuff

Hello, everyone! In Sherwood Anderson's book 'Winesburg, Ohio' (see link http://www.electronpress.com/freebooks2/winesburg_ohio.pdf), there is a short story in which some of the characters use a kind...
21:11 Tue 04th Jun 20134 answers, last by heathfield 09:13 Wed 05th Jun 2013
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How do you call it?

I am looking for a word in English which designates a person, usually a man, a tough guy, whose "job" is to recuperate money from those who do not pay their debts. This is not about bank...
10:39 Sat 21st Apr 201213 answers, last by Quizmonkey 12:01 Thu 26th Apr 2012
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"fast forward" in an adverbial phrase

How can the compound "fast forward" be used as an adverb? What would be its opposite? Can "slow backward" be its opposite if the context is poetic? What would be its corresponding...
11:38 Tue 27th Mar 201210 answers, last by jno 19:15 Tue 27th Mar 2012
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Congress-water

In Chapter 26 from "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", Mark Twain uses the expression "Congress-water". The context of the dialogue in which it occurs is humorous and I am not...
14:37 Wed 04th Jan 20129 answers, last by Calibax 19:06 Wed 04th Jan 2012
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restate meaning

There are moments when my (learned) English keeps being stubbornly opaque. I am trying to get the meaning of these lines by poet David Dabydeen: Heaped up beside you Old Dabydeen Who on Albion Estate...
09:35 Fri 19th Aug 20111 answer, last by boxtops 13:33 Fri 19th Aug 2011
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Which sentence is best and why?

The poem reveals three voices talking about the effects of hard work in the fields on their bodies. The poem reveals three voices talking about the effects on their bodies of hard work in the fields....
08:52 Mon 11th Jul 20116 answers, last by woofgang 09:38 Mon 11th Jul 2011
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hybrid - word origin?

I was wondering what the etymology of this word is. Most dictionaries mention the Latin 'hybrida'. What about the Ancient Greek word 'hybris' or 'hubris'? What is the connection between the Latin...
19:42 Wed 02nd Sep 20098 answers, last by fredpuli47 20:01 Sat 05th Sep 2009
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an opera title

What's the meaning of this opera title: The Three and the Deuce (1795) by Stephen Storace. Does it relate to playing cards or not? More about the musician here: Stephen Storace. My aim is to find a...
17:09 Fri 04th Jan 20082 answers, last by kempie 20:01 Fri 04th Jan 2008
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Mas'r and Massa - what's their meaning?

1. What's the meaning of the appelative Mas'r Davy in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens? (Ex.: chapter 46) How could Mas'r be described in a few words? Is it a mix of condescendence and lack of...
16:27 Wed 26th Dec 20075 answers, last by Quizmonster 08:32 Sat 29th Dec 2007
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to be caught

In what contexts can we use the expression 'she was caught', meaning that she got pregnant? Are there any other ways of expressing the same 'event'? (P.S. I'm not a native.)
18:25 Wed 08th Aug 200710 answers, last by dundurn 10:09 Thu 16th Aug 2007
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Irish contemporary writers

Where can I read about some of the best Irish contemporary writers? (prose and poetry)
12:08 Sun 29th Jul 20074 answers, last by Octavius 14:47 Mon 30th Jul 2007
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What's the English popular name of these beetles?

Here is their picture: http://andreiard.ro/?p=321 In my language we call them God's cow.
10:44 Sun 24th Jun 20076 answers, last by raysparx1 13:41 Sun 24th Jun 2007
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about greenhorns...

Which of these would a Welsh use most probably? greenhorn colt tenderfoot tyro ...or maybe something else? tnx
10:58 Thu 14th Jun 20072 answers, last by VS Prasad 13:13 Fri 03rd Aug 2007
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landing stage?

How do you call the thing where the load (cars or fruit or any other products) is uploaded and unloaded from an airplane? Is 'landing stage' the right choice? Thx. (I'm not a native.)
15:12 Tue 12th Jun 20074 answers, last by Panic Button 22:50 Wed 13th Jun 2007
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blood-dimmed tide

I am trying to understand a line in a poem by W.B.Yeats, Second Coming. I can't quite get the meaning of 'the blood-dimmed tide'. What kind of tide is this? This is the beginning of the poem: Turning...
09:23 Wed 23rd May 20073 answers, last by Clanad 15:59 Wed 23rd May 2007
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sublight

What is this?
22:52 Tue 15th May 20073 answers, last by wildwood 06:56 Thu 17th May 2007
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power walker

When somebody is described as 'power walker', what does it mean? The context is like this: ...he is a film and theater buff, a cricket fan, a badminton player, a devoted power walker and a voracious...
12:33 Thu 03rd May 20072 answers, last by Octavius 13:10 Thu 03rd May 2007

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