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At X's expense and of X's timber

Does "moonlighting" have a negative or neutral connotation?

I see this paragraph in "The life of Samuel Johnson"

How is "whinge" pronounced? [closed]

Congestion/queue signs on British roads

What is the district police called?

What does "numbers" mean here?

Phrase meaning of equal parts

Orwell: "A glimmer [is] one who watches vacant motor-cars." What does this mean?

Meaning of "but" in this context [closed]

What is the difference between a legend and a caption? [closed]

Square Brackets and ellipses

'Dimpsy' or 'Dumpsy'?

Is there an English version of the saying “sposa bagnata, sposa fortunata”?

Is there a word to describe the act of discussing a problem and avoiding solving it?

"customisation" vs "customization" Which is correct? [duplicate]

"Frit" as dialect for "frightened" - which dialects, especially as simple past?

Should I capitalise "Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09"?

British quotation rules [duplicate]

Which is standard usage in British English? [duplicate]