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stotter

what is a stotter? I could not find it in any dictionary. the context is: ...she asked us to write something. the last poem we did was to be on out philosophy on life. I did a ******* stotter on...
11:56 Sun 18th Mar 20074 answers, last by sense4all 16:13 Tue 20th Mar 2007
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to daddle?

I'm reading "Treasure Island" by R.L.Stevenson and in Chapter III "the captain" says "I'll shake out another reef, matey, and daddle 'em again." What does daddle mean? I searched the verb "to daddle"...
19:13 Sat 17th Feb 20072 answers, last by Quizmonster 10:41 Sun 18th Feb 2007
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why fiddlestick's end?

When somebody is thought to be wounded and the doctor comes and says "a fiddlestick's end", what does it mean? and why "fiddlestick"?
11:28 Sat 17th Feb 20071 answer, last by Quizmonster 13:22 Sat 17th Feb 2007
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vide?

I am translating a poem which sounds like this: Glasses on, suddenly she'd become herself -- She said she was blind without those thick lenses: her bulwark against the vide. Keeping them by her bed...
15:28 Wed 31st Jan 20072 answers, last by Octavius 16:38 Thu 01st Feb 2007
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skinny malink?

When a young man calls his sister "skinny malink" what does it mean? What is "malink"?
16:49 Mon 29th Jan 20078 answers, last by Pinkfoot 21:40 Mon 05th Dec 2011
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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...
15:48 Mon 29th Jan 20072 answers, last by ladorada 11:44 Tue 30th Jan 2007
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bus roof window

What's the name of the small window in the roof of a bus? I am thinking of the old types and not of the modern roof windows which function automatically. They were used especially for letting air...
12:46 Wed 10th Jan 20072 answers, last by teash 18:54 Wed 10th Jan 2007
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for vears

A commuter says: "This train is late every morning. It has been for vears." What does "for vears" mean?
02:43 Mon 08th Jan 20073 answers, last by rojash 04:15 Fri 19th Jan 2007
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"hang it all"

Does this have a vulgar meaning? Or just offensive? I know this means "stop doing it", but what could "it" mean?
20:06 Sun 07th Jan 20071 answer, last by Quizmonster 08:44 Mon 08th Jan 2007
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sorcova

Do you know what "sorcova" means and where does this word come from?
19:16 Sun 07th Jan 20072 answers, last by greenrook 12:06 Mon 08th Jan 2007
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"try another tack"

In a conversation of two people, if one of them is trying to convince the other of something and comes with all sorts of things to give reason, but does not succeed and suddenly he or she says "I...
19:15 Sun 07th Jan 20073 answers, last by Loosehead 21:01 Sun 07th Jan 2007
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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...
11:56 Tue 02nd Jan 20077 answers, last by marwel7 21:36 Wed 03rd Jan 2007
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forger

May I say "forger of a country" instead of "founder of a country"? If yes, which is the connotation?
20:14 Sun 24th Dec 20062 answers, last by Kingaroo 21:12 Thu 11th Jan 2007
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shot

when a pheasant is "full of shot", what does it mean?
19:35 Sun 24th Dec 20064 answers, last by brionon 13:10 Tue 26th Dec 2006
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magic sword

I would like to know if there is another way of saying "magic sword". I am thinking of fairy tales, of the Charming Prince and of kings in general. Is it usual to say "redeeming sword" or "saving...
19:34 Sun 24th Dec 20063 answers, last by marwel7 23:48 Sun 24th Dec 2006
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to chop a piece of land

If a man has a large piece of land, but he does not like to work it and, instead, he drinks and plays his whistle a lot, being forced to sell his land bit by bit, can one say he "chops", "hacks",...
15:39 Wed 20th Dec 20062 answers, last by Kingaroo 06:43 Mon 25th Dec 2006
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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...
11:59 Wed 20th Dec 20062 answers, last by ladorada 16:32 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...
09:18 Wed 20th Dec 20064 answers, last by tonyted 00:56 Sat 23rd 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...
12:45 Sun 17th Dec 20064 answers, last by fairkatrina 21:23 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...
11:33 Wed 13th Dec 20063 answers, last by almcd007 14:17 Wed 13th Dec 2006

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