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

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    Word British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings daddy longlegs, daddy-long-legs crane fly: daddy long-legs spider: Opiliones: dead (of a cup, glass, bottle or cigarette) empty, finished with very, extremely ("dead good", "dead heavy", "dead rich") deceased

  3. Throwaway - Wikipedia

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    Throwaway may refer to: Disposable, single use "Throwaway", an episode of “The Shield” "Throwaway", a song by Mick Jagger from the album "Primitive Cool" Throwaway, the winner of the Ascot Gold Cup in 1904, as featured in James Joyce's novel Ulysses

  4. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    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, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  5. List of online dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    LexSite non-collaborative English-Russian dictionary with contextual phrases; Linguee collaborative dictionary and contextual sentences; Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary free English to Sinhala and vice versa; Multitran multilingual online dictionary centered on Russian, and provides an opportunity of adding own translation

  6. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    Adult diaper: [3] A type of disposable diaper or underpants for adults who struggle with urinary or fecal incontinence or other medical issues that affect bladder and bowel control; it is recommended by groups such as AgingCare that nurses and other professional care staff not use the term "diaper" due to its connotation with infants and ...

  7. Google Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Google Dictionary is an online dictionary service of Google that can be accessed with the "define" operator and other similar phrases [note 1] in Google Search. [2] It is also available in Google Translate and as a Google Chrome extension .

  8. English phrasal verbs - Wikipedia

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    English sentence structures that grow down and to the right are easier to process. There is a consistent tendency to place heavier constituents to the right, as is evident in the a-trees. Shifting is possible when the resulting structure does not contradict this tendency, as is evident in the b-trees.

  9. Throwaway line - Wikipedia

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    Throwaway lines are often one-liners, or in-jokes, and often delivered in a deadpan manner. Similarly, in theater, a throwaway line is one uttered by a character where the only intended reaction is that of from the audience. Oftentimes, these lines may be references to other shows or media that only the audience are aware of.