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Does "chagrin" mean embarrassment or annoyance?
I originally learned this word studying for the GRE:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/magoosh.resources/magoosh-gre-1000-words_oct01.pdf
chagrin (noun): strong feelings of embarrassment
Much to the the timid ...
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Is respect awarded, accorded or afforded?
I was revising a colleague's work, and saw the phrase "awarded the respect it deserves". This struck me as incorrect, but I was struck harder still by an uncertainty as to whether it ...
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which is suitable for wine, "sourness" or "acidity"?
Which adjective is suitable for tastes of wine? And why?
I'd like to know which expression you usually use and if there is any difference.
More context: I had a chance to translate ”酸味”, which ...
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Active to Passive voice: "School classmates make the best friends"
Recently I've encountered one problem which I couldn't solve myself. I have a sentence, "school classmates make the best friends", and I want to rewrite it using the passive voice. However, after ...
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Does it sound strange to write "plant's water and nutrients intake"?
there. I'd like to know if "intake" can be used with "plant" in "plant's water and nutrients intake". Or does it sound strange? Thanks.
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Is "stabilize into" a valid collocation? [closed]
Here is the full sentence:
"Despite the fluidity of this trope, in the middle of the twentieth century, it briefly stabilized into a distinct shape".
Thanks for the help!
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"have a refined bearing" OR "have a bearing with/of refinement"
thank you for answering my question.
I was learning "bearing" with all its collocations, and there I learned that it can be used to describe the way in which someone move/stand/behave.
I recalled ...
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Relieve feelings
When we want to mean
" lessen the intensity of the feelings"
，we often use the phase
"calm someone down".
However,a few days ago, I heard somebody say something like this
‘‘Ever after my ...
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Collocation: Rates are large/small or high/low?
What is the proper adjective for rates?
"..the learning rate is low/high.."
or
"..the learning rate is small/large.."
It seems that there are different opinions:
Numbers can be described using ...
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How to use the word "ripped"?
My heart was ripped, you sewed it with your thread of love.
And when you saw other ripped heart you asked me for your thread and unsewed my heart and left it ripped again, I saw you as a stitcher ...
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To empower someone with skills/knowledge/ability etc. (to do sth)
I am a student from Hong Kong. English is only my second language. There are tutors recently saying that there is no such expression and usage as
"To empower someone with skills/knowledge/ability ...
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Use of 'with' or 'to' in the context of wedding invitation
I have come across the following 2 different usages in wedding invitations. May I know which of these is the right usage - marriage of ABC with XYZ or marriage of ABC to XYZ
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Can I use the phrase "impart money"?
I know impart means "to give" and is used commonly with knowledge, as in "impart knowledge"...but can I say that a government scheme "imparted money" to the beneficiaries?
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"Handbook on" or "Handbook of"?
Which of the following is grammatically correct as a title for a book?
'Handbook on Right to Information Act'
'Handbook of Right to Information Act'
Apparently both the usages are employed. See ...
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trend for / in / of?
Please refer to the diagram shown below.
Which preposition is should be used in this sentence?
The trends [for / in / of] both commodities are very similar.
I have looked up my Oxford dictionary ...
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