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  2. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Synonym for death Neutral Pop one's clogs [2] To die Humorous, [1] Informal [2] British. "Pop" is English slang for "pawn." A 19th-century working man might tell his family to take his clothes to the pawn shop to pay for his funeral, with his clogs among the most valuable items. Promoted to Glory: Death of a Salvationist: Formal Salvation Army ...

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

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    (to take the biscuit) to be very surprising (US: take the cake) a piece of wood used in joinery to join two larger pieces together type of quick bread served with savory foods (UK: similar to a savoury scone, or similar in consistency to a croissant) blinder (n.) excellent performance in a game or race (slang) "e.g. he played a blinder"

  4. Take away (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Take Away, a 2003 film "Takeaway" , an episode of the first season of the animated TV series Bluey "Take Away" (The Professionals), a 1980 television episode; The Takeaways, a fictional band in the Australian TV series Sweet and Sour

  5. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Words to watch

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    Words to watch: passed away, gave her life, eternal rest, make love, an issue with, collateral damage ... Euphemisms should generally be avoided in favor of more neutral and precise terms. Died and had sex are neutral and accurate; passed away and made love are euphemisms.

  6. OpenThesaurus - Wikipedia

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    The cause for the start of the project was the arrival of OpenOffice.org in 2002, which was missing the thesaurus of its parent, StarOffice, due to its licensing.. OpenThesaurus filled that gap by importing possible synonyms from a freely available German/English dictionary and refining and updating these in crowdsourced work through the use of a web ap

  7. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  8. Aubrey Plaza Deletes Her Instagram Account Following Husband ...

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    Related: Aubrey Plaza's Safety Not Guaranteed Costar Jake Johnson Mourns Her Husband Jeff Baena: 'I Love You' In a statement obtained by PEOPLE following Baena's death, Plaza and Baena's family ...

  9. Take-out - Wikipedia

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    Take-out food can be purchased from restaurants that also provide sit-down table service or from establishments specialising in food to be taken away. [21] Providing a take-out service saves operators the cost of cutlery, crockery and pay for servers and hosts; it also allows many customers to be served quickly, without restricting sales by ...