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ell

Can you give me some examples of using the word 'ell'? It is quite an old word and it's not so well explained in dictionaries. I found it in a book by Frederick Douglass who quoted somebody else: "If...
10:26 Mon 30th Apr 20074 answers, last by Old_Thul 01:30 Wed 06th Jun 2012
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put out

When somebody says: 'Please don't put yourself out; a sandwhich will do' ... What does it mean?
16:15 Thu 26th Apr 20074 answers, last by redhead23 22:33 Thu 26th Apr 2007
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guess

What's a peanut on a drum?
12:58 Thu 26th Apr 20071 answer, last by bloop- 23:33 Thu 07th Jun 2007
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tricky words

In my language, the word 'blana' stands for animal fur but also for a board of wood too. Is there an English word to have both these meanings?
12:52 Thu 26th Apr 20071 answer, last by Quizmonster 13:14 Thu 26th Apr 2007
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parson's wife

what the feminine for parson?
12:51 Tue 24th Apr 20077 answers, last by Octavius 14:23 Fri 27th Apr 2007
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deratization team

Are there other ways of saying 'deratization team' or 'deratization services'? I've read that 'deratization' is quite an old-fashined way of putting it. (I'm not a native.)
19:10 Sun 22nd Apr 20074 answers, last by ladorada 11:31 Mon 23rd Apr 2007
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pound bag

why pound?
09:02 Sat 21st Apr 20074 answers, last by Slingshot 15:34 Mon 23rd Apr 2007
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relief teacher

What is a relief teacher? Why 'relief'? The context is Born Free by Laura Hird, p. 30.
08:44 Sat 21st Apr 20071 answer, last by Buenchico 02:02 Sun 22nd Apr 2007
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'Heineken tongue'

What does it mean when somebody has a 'Heineken tongue'?
08:21 Sat 21st Apr 20073 answers, last by ladorada 14:34 Wed 25th Apr 2007
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down

When two women go to a restaurant, eat, then say good-bye, promising to write each other, even if they probably won't bother, and after that one of them says to herself 'still, another one down in my...
09:58 Fri 20th Apr 20073 answers, last by Octavius 11:49 Fri 20th Apr 2007
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to turn soft

When somebody 'turns soft', does it mean he lost his mind? I encountered this expression in Treasure Island by R.L.Stevenson, at the end of chapter 28. Here is the fragment: ...I'm on squire's side...
16:00 Sat 14th Apr 20075 answers, last by crokepark 13:31 Thu 26th Apr 2007
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poem

this is part of a poem by peter ackroyd. my question is: what's the meaning of the line 'in the middle of stones' ? I have some ideas, but I don't wish to influence your answers. the inner light is...
12:09 Sat 14th Apr 20073 answers, last by starmack 01:06 Sun 15th Apr 2007
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frogs

Is there a popular folk name for frog? Such as 'marsh offspring' or 'pond chicken' or 'swamp baby' or something like that?...
09:34 Sat 14th Apr 20075 answers, last by tonyted 22:52 Sat 14th Apr 2007
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Street Mirage

This poem is not a translation, it's written directly in English. How does it sound? Warning: I am not an English native. :-) A camel is walking down the street And walks and walks She knows a...
20:42 Thu 12th Apr 20076 answers, last by paddywak 16:25 Sun 15th Apr 2007
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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...
09:05 Mon 02nd Apr 200713 answers, last by Derp 03:08 Thu 22nd Jun 2023
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dreaming

I am trying to translate some poems into English, but I am not always sure of every nuance of a word or expression. What do you think of the following one? dreaming a bird with two bodies was drawing...
21:57 Wed 28th Mar 20073 answers, last by ladorada 20:36 Thu 12th Apr 2007
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abroad

Are there any English colloquial words or expressions for saying abroad?
12:01 Mon 26th Mar 20075 answers, last by heathfield 21:39 Mon 26th Mar 2007
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pitpalac

what is the noise a quail does? In my language is pitpalac.
01:13 Fri 23rd Mar 20074 answers, last by ladorada 12:09 Mon 26th Mar 2007
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"stalks of hey"?

Is it correct if I say "the bird picks some stalks of hey, dry leaves and twigs to make a nest"?
00:13 Fri 23rd Mar 20073 answers, last by juliacornwal 14:10 Fri 23rd Mar 2007
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piping

What does piping mean in this fragment from Treasure Island by Stevenson? ...And I was going to sea myself, to sea in a schooner, with a piping boatswain and pig-tailed singing seamen, to sea, bound...
12:28 Thu 22nd Mar 20072 answers, last by Bellringer 14:54 Thu 22nd Mar 2007

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