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Can "to close one's eyes" mean "to die"?

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What could "touch the incongruous" mean? (from an old story)

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Does "fatherly" mean "of the father"? [closed]

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Meaning: "a race of one"

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What's the origin of "all the livelong day?"

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What does 'put somebody up' actually mean, and where does the phrase originate?

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"Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco"

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What's the meaning of "it was a tidy bow"?

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Difference between "drop on by" and "drop by"

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Use some triage with

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Does "morning sickness" only relate to pregnancy? Did it always?

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“Find to her cost” [closed]

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Meaning of 'quid pro quo': why does it diverge from its original Latin intention?

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"The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh would like to be remembered to you." - what does that mean?

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Dogma eat dogma

What does "scrap it out " mean in this context?

What is "pendant natural" in this UN report?

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What is the meaning of the phrase "as they relate to..."?

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What does the phrase "or euer" mean in Middle English from the 1500s?

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Does "You flatter me" have negative connotations?

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