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It goes with the territory and when you take up the job you expect it – what does "it goes with the territory" mean?
Joe Dumars, doing his due diligence, made a call about Kobe when he learned he would be on the market.
Reader question: How to put the phrase "dark horse" into use? For example, is Liu Xiang a dark horse?
How to express the idea of something that is"不以人的意志为转移的"? Give examples.
Loaded words, by definition, are those that have "more meaning, especially a negative meaning...
In this sentence – On the issue of deportations, I will cut to the chase – what does "cut to the chase" mean?
In this headline of a story about Yao Ming – Can T-Mac and Yao get over the hump – what does "hump" mean?
Reader question: What does the phrase "put things into perspective" mean?
This is the gentle buzz of bees in the English countryside, but the angry buzz of their fiercer cousins in Kenya...
Don't think it's enough? What did the Raptors get for Vince Carter, or the 76ers for Allen Iverson? Squat, by comparison – what does "squat" mean?
Reader question: In this sentence – Oil is not the only commodity on a tear – what does "on a tear" mean?
I've been having problems with English grammar. For instance I find these questions (picked from "error detection" tests) are beyond me.
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