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August 1
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- Club soda
- Nominalization of comparisons in English
- Can one say: (a few) "flowers of senecio" in one word? or "flowers of groundsel" in one word?
- Ye Olde English
August 2
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- What is/are the Spanish term(s) for "UFO"?
- Different uses of the word pretty
- What is the author alluding to by "the footballer"
- Verb tense question
- Need a name for a Spanish warship.
August 3
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August 5
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- Chinese: Requests for translations of short content
- deafening self-consciousness
- Is it appropriate to use "ecclesiastical" as a synonym for "religious"?
August 6
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August 7
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- Ecclesiastes 9:11
- Any idea what this means?
- lever themselves upward
- Japanese words for video, clip, motion picture, etc.
August 8
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- The word "heavy" in air traffic controller lingo
- under a sky of white
- Looking after their environments
- Japanese Expression For.....
August 9
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- Arabic al/el
- chalkies
- Now you can’t get enough of it
- Skiprope and Hopscotch
- true
- resemblances ceased and girls
- Lifestyle Consutants(Every Child Matters)
- Odd use of capitalization in the United States Constitution
August 10
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August 11
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- French o'clock
- Voiceless lateral fricative [ ɬ ] vs approximant [ l̥ ]
- Original Greek for "hope...is a waking dream"
- Serial comma - why no semi-colons?
August 12
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August 14
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August 15
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- "The only type of person I hold no remorse for is one given a miracle but who refuses to take advantage of it."
- "have been" vs. "have"
August 16
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August 17
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- Become overrun
- particular type of question
- Democolacs
- Old English Adjectives as substantives
- Is there a word in English for this?
- 3rd-person singulars of "to degas" and "to diminuendo"?
- Subtitles for people speaking in English
August 18
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August 20
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- Theravada Buddhists: Pali or Sanskrit?
- Abbreviation "Ag" in German place names
- Pronunciation of Greek surname
- comma question on names
- Meaning of leporello in Italian
August 21
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- Cryptic Pregnancy in Chinese
- What was that again?
- How did the Iago Sparrow get that name?
- Translation of Shakespeare's date of death
- Alphabetical order
- A billion here, a billion there - pretty soon, you're talking real money
August 22
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- Capitalization for officeholders
- Period placement for quotation at end of sentence
- neutral or beneficial
- what did disco mean in the 19th century?
August 23
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August 24
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August 25
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- Big what?
- quasi-demiurgic
- Sequence of multiple adjectives in English
- What are gunsails?
- French doctor needed on the Chateau de la Croë
- Word definition
August 26
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August 27
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August 28
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