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I remember using the term 'goose egg' to describe a score of nil.
However a 'goose' is an entirely different thing.
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Finding out your date has a venerial disease is most certainly a 'Game Changer'.
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vava wrote:vil wrote:conceit = arrogance, assumption, cockiness, complacency,egoism, pride, self-conceit, self-importance, self-satisfaction, swagger, vanity
V. You are not helping me at all.
Like many plans in Russia, the coup plotters'
conceit went awry fast.
conceit = prideful arrogance
Simply substitute any of those words (kudos to vil) in the sentence and perhaps it may take a different light.
A fine wine is not sloshed back, rather it is allowed to linger just long enough to capture a sense of it's true flavors.
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I've just discovered the same issue. Thought it was due to (my) new network hardware.
Not that I'd ever imagine someone hacking a dictionary website account but it does feel a bit more secure this way.
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Please, for the moment, humor me.
If I were to drop a pencil upon the floor... follow me?
I could pick it up, assuming I was physically able to.
Can the pencil be returned to my pocket, without my assistance?
No it can't.
Thank you.
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Hearing words end with a 't' sound when they should not makes me want to (puke).
http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst17737_Triple-what-.aspx
By the way, could anyone explain how to turn a word into an <href> type of link
while posting in these forums?
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Thar
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the contraction is not a grammatical rule, it a result of speech.
I think that's --that is-- the crux of most peoples confusion.
The examples posted were refreshing to read, kudos.
To add: Some contractions just sound awkward to hear. Perhaps there are some
in other languages that, although grammatically correct, just aren't used either.?
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IMcRout wrote:The early bird catches the worm.
The early bird may get the worm,
But the 2nd mouse always gets the cheese...
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It's a great phrase, once dissected, yet it sounds a bit low-brow at the same time.
At any rate, the speaker lacked the ability to force his self to be forthright.
Perhaps there is also a hint of regret there.
Force
vb (tr)
1. to compel or cause (a person, group, etc.) to do something through effort, superior strength, etc.; coerce
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O.K. I need to thank the one that introduced such a marvellous song writer to me.
Not me directly, mind you.
"I ache in the places I used to play"
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