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What does "creeping on one's turf" mean?

When you check in on foursquare to a place whose mayor is your friend, your check-in message is "Your friend X is the mayor here (and you're creeping on their...

Asked on 12/04/2021

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Differentiate the compound words

In accounting, we use compound words like "electricity expense", "utility expense", "salary expense", etc. These all belong to one category of operating expenses. I also have compound words like "deferred...

Asked on 12/04/2021

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word describing hand motion while bowing

I probably have seen this happen at various times in movies set in eras where people were very obsequious to royalty. The action I am trying to find the...

Asked on 12/03/2021

4 answer

to which = where?

I am wondering if "to which" can be replaced by the word "where". Here is my question. Please help me.He went to the shop in which his dad works....

Asked on 12/03/2021

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Reading Comprehension Question couldn't find any satisfying explanation online

Exotic insect pests can produce both short-and long-term effects on forest ecosystems. Shortterm effects include the disturbances directly associated with the action of the pest, which may cause the defoliation,...

Asked on 12/03/2021

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Set the table, or lay the table?

I have read that set is American and that lay is British. But I do not think it is nearly as simple as that. I grew up in rural...

Asked on 12/01/2021

3 answer

Should I use "training in" or "training about"?

Which of the following sentences is correctly phrased: "I have been actively involved in training students about Ground Operations", or"I have been actively involved in training students in Ground...

Asked on 12/01/2021

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May somebody explain this expression about "though" for me?

He wasn't there long, though, because his mother passed away just four years later.May somebody explain why there is a "though" for me? Is it different if I don't use...

Asked on 12/01/2021

2 answer

Single word for the timeline of past, present, and future events

I know that a timeline of past and possibly present events are simply referred to as a "Timeline of [insert event here]", however, I am struggling to find a word...

Asked on 12/01/2021

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This sentence (with the usage of indefinitely) is quite confusing

Context: Two people are having a light saber fight in Star Wars. "Realizing the fight could go on indefinitely, he decided to switch up his strategy." (in a book) Does...

Asked on 12/01/2021

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