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Most historians agree that the battle was an Egyptian defeat or a draw or at best a Pyrrhic victory.
Should we have been upfront with them in both cases? What do you think the results of such honesty would have been?
What does this quote describing a basketball game – "Our offense has gone south completely in the second half" – mean?
Pierce has always been interested in women dressed as men, because, she says, that's how she grew up...
"No player is above the team. You run into a lot of problems when the tail wags the dog."
What does this sentence – Now, these are not events that will create crowds at water coolers – mean?
"Mom, you should put some of your things away. Baby proof this house"...
How to say "高姿态" in English? Is "high posture" a good translation?
It seems their whole pecking order in the pub revolves around how soon I acknowledge them and how long I talk to them.
Of course the opinions of newspaper reporters, radio personalities and television...
New young poets have come to the fore – what does "come to the fore" mean?
In this headline – Warne has faint praise for Gilly – what does "faint praise" mean?
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