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What is the origin of the phrase "War never changes"
etymology
phrases
literature
What is between dystopian and utopian?
vocabulary
literature
Noun genders in Moby Dick
grammatical-gender
literature
Meaning of a mixed metaphor from "The Gift of The Magi"?
meaning
metaphors
literature
figures-of-speech
What is candlebox? No info in the dictionaries
meaning
literature
What does Scandinavian Home mean? Late XIX, early XX century. Great Britain
meaning-in-context
phrase-meaning
literature
twentieth-century-language
nineteenth-century-english
What is "monarchs of the stage"?
phrases
expressions
meaning-in-context
phrase-meaning
literature
What is "taytottlers"?
meaning
literature
Who really gave two figs?
meaning-in-context
literature
What does "goathawks" mean in this passage from All The Pretty Horses?
meaning
literature
diction
What is the meaning of the phrase "a man of the world"?
idioms
meaning
literature
Meaning of "sleep" and "shave it through on the grub"
meaning-in-context
american-english
slang
literature
What is the meaning of "a personal odyssey of the self"? [closed]
expressions
quotes
literature
Is there an official term for long, unpunctuated sentences?
syntactic-analysis
writing-style
literature
What is the exact meaning of this excerpt from Chapter 52 of "Pride and Prejudice " by Jane Austen?
meaning-in-context
syntactic-analysis
literature
Literary device: frequently referenced object which never appears
literature
rhetoric
literary-techniques
What does "passion-tearing" mean?
meaning
phrase-meaning
literature
theater
Meaning of "the kynge gaf hem leue for fayne wold he haue ben accorded with her"
meaning
literature
archaicisms
middle-english
What does "showing as much interest as a bee shows in vinegar cruet" mean?
phrases
expressions
metaphors
literature
Meaning of "delight the heart of a wheelbarrow"
expressions
meaning-in-context
literature
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