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onomatopoeia

Is there an English word which indicates a sudden and unexpected movement made for catching somebody or something? For example, when somebody waits in hiding to attack a bird and then grasps it. I am...
08:05 Mon 02nd Apr 200713 answers, last by Derp 02:08 Thu 22nd Jun 2023
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zhangcn1

Which nation is said to have invented translation?

I have a literature essay and I can't seem to find the answer to this. Help will be appreciated
13:01 Tue 27th Mar 20071 answer, last by ladorada 07:26 Mon 02nd Apr 2007
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pitpalac

what is the noise a quail does? In my language is pitpalac.
00:13 Fri 23rd Mar 20074 answers, last by ladorada 11:09 Mon 26th Mar 2007
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weather-lines

What does it mean when a face has "weather-lines falling into place" ? Does this mean the person's face is wrinkled? I found it in a poem beginning like this: "Glasses on, suddenly she'd become...
14:48 Mon 29th Jan 20072 answers, last by ladorada 10:44 Tue 30th Jan 2007
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skinny malink?

When a young man calls his sister "skinny malink" what does it mean? What is "malink"?
15:49 Mon 29th Jan 20078 answers, last by Pinkfoot 20:40 Mon 05th Dec 2011
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loss of face

I am translating a text from Paul Auster and I encountered this expression "loss of face". The context is like this: a man leaves his pregnant wife and, after a while, when he thinks about returning...
10:56 Tue 02nd Jan 20077 answers, last by marwel7 20:36 Wed 03rd Jan 2007
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shot

when a pheasant is "full of shot", what does it mean?
18:35 Sun 24th Dec 20064 answers, last by brionon 12:10 Tue 26th Dec 2006
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emmalou2

Christmas

according to tradition when are you supposed to put up and take down christmas decorations.
09:24 Wed 22nd Nov 200613 answers, last by pitapan 04:00 Wed 21st Mar 2007
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coget

Novels about discrimination

Hi, I'm looking for novels that tackle discrimination, be it racial, age or sex. Anyone suggest some goods titles? Cheers
19:03 Thu 21st Dec 20068 answers, last by hecateh 16:42 Mon 01st Jan 2007
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sorb

how do you name the place where a small river or a brook dissappears underground entering suddenly under the rocks of a cave? in Romanian this is "sorb" and probably "to absorb" might be related to...
10:59 Wed 20th Dec 20062 answers, last by ladorada 15:32 Wed 20th Dec 2006
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marmite

I searched for this word in English and I couldn't find if it means also a kind of circular or oval hole formed by erozion in the bed of a river. If it helps, the French word is "marmite". I don't...
08:18 Wed 20th Dec 20064 answers, last by tonyted 23:56 Fri 22nd Dec 2006
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jumping a number

Here is a poem by Robert Hampson ["the memory of possible mourning"] which has no punctuation marks except one dot in the end. In order to get the meaning, I would like a native speaker place some...
11:45 Sun 17th Dec 20064 answers, last by fairkatrina 20:23 Wed 20th Dec 2006
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compound theft

What does the term "compound theft" mean? How can one define it? Here it is the context: Two burglars who had been active in south-western France for 18 months were taken into custody by police after...
10:33 Wed 13th Dec 20063 answers, last by almcd007 13:17 Wed 13th Dec 2006

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