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corner shop?

Is a 'corner shop' the same as a general store? Meaning a small universal shop in a village? I need it to be in a city, so maybe the meaning is different? Thanks, Lidia
10:12 Sat 28th Jul 20077 answers, last by VS Prasad 11:51 Thu 09th Aug 2007
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1rst or 1st?

Do you abbreviate 1rst or 1st? Thank you, Lidia
20:43 Tue 20th Mar 200711 answers, last by noknowledge 19:30 Fri 23rd Mar 2007
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empty telephone

Is an empty telephone a dead line or one at whose other end there is no one speaking any more? Ackroyd again. Lidia
10:23 Tue 06th Mar 20074 answers, last by lidiavianu 07:29 Sun 11th Mar 2007
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rose carmethian

Carmethian is a word I ignore and can find nowhere. It seems to determine the colour rose (or is it the verb?) I know a colour 'rosu carmin' in Romanian. My imagination does not go beyond that. does...
20:58 Mon 05th Mar 20072 answers, last by lidiavianu 08:55 Tue 06th Mar 2007
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stroke

I can't tell if it means time or illness in: on the third stroke it will be uncertain I see in time it comes with 'at' not 'on'. Is that significant? Lidia
18:11 Thu 01st Mar 20074 answers, last by lidiavianu 18:30 Sun 04th Mar 2007
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fall in towels

the rain fell in towels is that to rain heavily? I could not find it anywhere... Lidia
21:12 Thu 01st Mar 20076 answers, last by lidiavianu 11:10 Fri 02nd Mar 2007
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slow rhyme

What is 'an adventure in slow rhyme'? Lidia
09:32 Thu 01st Mar 20078 answers, last by jno 15:26 Thu 01st Mar 2007
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looking through the wrong end of the telescope

Does this mean I see smaller? A telescope maginfies, so this is what it should mean?
15:56 Wed 28th Feb 20072 answers, last by lidiavianu 12:30 Thu 01st Mar 2007
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hoots and puffs

What does the following mean? characters created out of hoots and puffs Thank you. Lidia
17:38 Wed 28th Feb 20072 answers, last by lidiavianu 07:13 Thu 01st Mar 2007
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dance on the round table

I am translating a poem by ruth fainilight, and one line says: I danced lik Esmeralda on the Round Table as desperately as if to save my life. I am not aware of any phrase conected to 'dance round' or...
18:15 Mon 01st Jan 20074 answers, last by lidiavianu 09:27 Tue 02nd Jan 2007
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box his corner

aht is the jmeaning of 'he must learn to box his corner'?
12:37 Mon 04th Dec 20066 answers, last by Armazd 10:32 Mon 03rd Jun 2013

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