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Thanks!
I never read King Lear.
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arachnid
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The road leading into the mire is the problem.
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anton-Юрий wrote:Village Of The Damned (1960 CE) - based on "The Midwich Cuckoos" by John Wyndham. The book was better than the film, I think.
Avengers - Infinity War
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Doom Unto Others - Czarface & MF Doom
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röntgen
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malware
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Sarrriesfan wrote:But that’s not a widely cited source.
But it's a fun dictionary to read sometimes.
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thar wrote:Ah, is that the new Justin Bieber? 
'Fraid not.
John Guillim - scholar and Officer of Arms - wrote it in about 1610.
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Yes - as FounDit shows, "deadliest" modifies "woman with a knife".
Several women in the world are deadly with a knife, that is 'deadly when using a knife as a weapon'- but she is the MOST deadly of them.
I understand the difficulty with "pretty" - it depends HOW it is said, how much of an intensifier it is.
He's pretty smart. - This could be said with stress on "pretty" and a definite 'unstress' on "smart". It would mean that he's not smart, but better than stupid. It might be followed by "But . . ."
He's pretty smart, but doesn't have the confidence to be a leader.
It's a moderator here - not really 'dumbing it down' - "moderately, not very".
He's pretty smart, considering his lack of education. - This could be said with stress on "smart". It would sound admiring - as if he's smart, but limited a bit by his lack of education. It's an intensifier here - "quite" or "very".
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