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The inventory check conducted by a private contractor (name of the contractor) has revealed a 20 percent discrepancy which goes in a downward direction. The warehouse ledger shows the total...
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3 answerI've come across this analogous question for the opposite case Idioms/Phrase for Obvious No but couldn't find one for mine. I'm looking for phrases like "Does the Pope pray?"...
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2 answerMy question may sound weird, but what which of these is correct? “She pulled in to the parking lot”“She pulled into the parking lot” “I was heading for school.”...
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2 answerFor example, there are two sentencesThe government is considering that the crisis will follow a soft scenario ...Dr. Jones has calculated soft and hard crisis scenarios. The input data was...
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0 answerI focus on the 1st theory, out of 2, for the etymology of 'chip of your shoulder'. How did the 19C "U.S. practice of spoiling for...
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1 answerI focus on the 2nd theory, out of 2, for the etymology of 'chip of your shoulder'. How does limiting "the amount of timber that could...
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1 answerWhat is an appropriate English word to describe a negative, perhaps passive-aggressive, tone in someone's voice? I initially thought perhaps using something like "they had a negative lilt in their...
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7 answerI’m writing a paper that has a number of figures that compare two images, and I’m constantly debating whether it’s necessary to repeat the figure number when I compare those...
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1 answerYesterday I asked a [question][1] about the meaning of "to stare down defeat" and I got an answer. But as I searched the net, I noticed that there's this phrase...
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1 answerFor instance - I do not want to take anyone's side in a debate and when asked about my point of view, I end up giving a smart answer which...
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