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  2. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    from construe: the assigning of meaning to ambiguous terms road construction and maintenance work; roadwork ("a construction area/zone") (UK: roadworks) cooker an appliance for cooking food (US: cookstove, stove, range) a cooking apple, a large sour apple used in cooking

  3. Comparison (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    (The word na is used to mean than.) Adjectives that begin with f are lenited. and as use different syntax constructions. For example: Tha mi nas àirde na mo pheathraichean. → I am taller than my sisters. Is mi as àirde. → I am the tallest. As in English, some forms are irregular, i.e. nas fheàrr (better), nas miosa (worse), etc.

  4. Illusory superiority - Wikipedia

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    Selective recruitment is the notion that an individual selects their own strengths and the other's weaknesses when making peer comparisons, in order that they appear better on the whole. This theory was first tested by Weinstein (1980); however, this was in an experiment relating to optimistic bias, rather than the better-than-average effect ...

  5. 18 People Whose Extraordinary Work Ethic Got Them To The Top

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    By Max Nisen It's easy to look at successful people and explain their achievements as the product of luck - being in the right place at the right time or being born with extraordinary talent.

  6. Comparison of English dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    This is a comparison of English dictionaries, which are dictionaries about the language of English.The dictionaries listed here are categorized into "full-size" dictionaries (which extensively cover the language, and are targeted to native speakers), "collegiate" (which are smaller, and often contain other biographical or geographical information useful to college students), and "learner's ...

  7. Comparison - Wikipedia

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    To compare things, they must have characteristics that are similar enough in relevant ways to merit comparison. If two things are too different to compare in a useful way, an attempt to compare them is colloquially referred to in English as "comparing apples and oranges." Comparison is widely used in society, in science and the arts.

  8. Angelina Jolie Says She’s Gotten ‘Better Work’ as She’s Aged ...

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    Angelina Jolie’s roles have leveled up as she’s aged in Hollywood. “I’ve got better work as I’ve got older,” Jolie, 49, said during an interview with U.K.’s The Sunday Times ...

  9. Greater-than sign - Wikipedia

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    The greater-than sign is a mathematical symbol that denotes an inequality between two values. The widely adopted form of two equal-length strokes connecting in an acute angle at the right, >, has been found in documents dated as far back as 1631. [1]