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Points Date Pair Term / Answer given Level Status Gloss
- Sep 15 '04 eng>eng singular ambiguity singular = (very)noticeable -> striking/remarkable/outstanding/particular (ironic) pro closed no
- Sep 13 '04 eng>eng as traditional distinctions were questioned and often found wanting class distinctions and distinctions of ? 1 taste/manners/dress etc or 2 honorary titles and ranks pro closed no
- Aug 25 '04 eng>eng ditch that wish get rid of that wish pro closed ok
- Aug 6 '04 eng>eng morep more p (he/she's trying to think of a word starting with 'p') pro closed no
- Aug 4 '04 eng>eng changing in what blacks would accept from in = in regard to easy closed ok
4 Aug 4 '04 eng>eng smash smash records = break records (two meanings - a 'play on words' on smash and records) easy closed no
4 Aug 4 '04 eng>eng have to drop the car off with Roger to get me a new dash I thought (it would get to the point where) I would need to leave the car at Roger's place ... easy closed no
- Jul 19 '04 eng>eng not all that she was cracked up to be she was not as good as claimed pro closed no
- Jul 14 '04 eng>eng what's the meaning of this sentence? rhetorical question. 'Every man would like a good wife and, at the same time, a good mistress.' pro closed no
- Jul 13 '04 eng>eng always feigning a bluff ignorance of the ways of fashion and the needs thus caus all along pretending to be ignorant (in a bluff way) of the customs of fashion and their requirement easy closed ok
- Jul 5 '04 eng>eng side thorn in your flesh/side pro closed ok
4 Jul 4 '04 eng>eng come jihad when jihad occurred (he was first into battle) pro closed no
- Jun 26 '04 eng>eng spin-job spin; spin doctor - definitions pro closed ok
- Jun 5 '04 eng>eng diddly squat anything pro closed ok
4 Apr 10 '04 eng>eng queen a homosexual man, especially an older man... pro closed no
4 Apr 9 '04 eng>eng Near killin¡¯ an¡¯scarin¡¯ half tae death a pare wee lassie like that. nearly killing and scaring half to death a poor wee lassie like that. pro closed no
- Apr 9 '04 eng>eng shame in the brain culturally specific term? loss of face? pro closed no
- Apr 6 '04 eng>eng they tapped into photography¡¯s roots roots = origins pro closed ok
- Apr 5 '04 eng>eng a blinding stroke of insight that would clear the air a sudden insight that would dispel the bad feeling pro closed ok
- Apr 1 '04 eng>eng love law law-abiding, legalistic easy closed ok
- Mar 31 '04 eng>eng Hoist on my own petard to suffer harm from a plan by which you had intended to harm someone else pro closed ok
- Mar 26 '04 eng>eng was born out of should be 'was born of' easy closed no
- Mar 26 '04 eng>eng finding poignancy in the fall of leaves finding (sth) in (sth) => thinking/considering that falling leaves are poignant pro closed ok
- Mar 25 '04 eng>eng vowed to keep their minds on was the homecoming keep your mind on something easy closed no
- Mar 25 '04 eng>eng among the things that were definition: number sb/sth among sb/sth easy closed ok
- Mar 25 '04 eng>eng But this too/breed compassion/breed hardness breed = to cause something to happen, usually something bad easy closed no
- Mar 25 '04 eng>eng No man, not even if you went all the way up to Lee could the forehand was all that anyone could describe. No-one could describe any other part of the bear. easy closed ok
- Mar 22 '04 eng>eng scuroscuro a patchwork or juxtapositioning of 'darknesses' pro closed ok
- Mar 21 '04 eng>eng Likely as not to cut somebody¡¯s throat as likely/like as not = probably => will probably cut someone's throat easy closed ok
4 Mar 22 '04 eng>eng square to the world square on to the world, directly facing the world, ready to face whatever the world brings easy closed no
4 Mar 19 '04 eng>eng ¡°go a way toward ¡±¡°congruent with ¡± make a contribution towards; in line with easy closed no
- Mar 18 '04 eng>eng spit clean see: spit and polish pro closed ok
- Mar 18 '04 eng>eng "a book of types""do for " types = personality types; do = be acceptable; for = to represent?to give to?in regard to? easy closed ok
- Feb 17 '04 eng>eng dramatic effect explanation: pro closed ok
- Feb 13 '04 eng>eng from what I could tell as far as I could make out/from as much as I could make out pro closed ok
- Feb 6 '04 eng>eng Be the stimulating presence that stirs up a sleepy scene ironic/satirical/sarcastic pro closed ok
- Dec 4 '03 eng>eng It informs everything at your party. inform = (a) to give character to (b) to inspire, animate pro closed ok
- Nov 4 '03 eng>eng enlightened apporach to sex the view that an active sex life is the norm pro closed ok
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