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Reader question: What does the expression "one thing leads to another" mean exactly?
Reader question: In this – Random thoughts and whatnot – what's "whatnot"?
We need our main guys to come through – what does "come through" mean exactly?
Small talk is gossip, chitchat, unimportant chatter, small being the significant...
Reader question: What does this – Don't put me on the spot like that – mean?
Reader question: What does it mean when people say things "don't add up"?
If the world were changed by words, it would have shifted today – what does "words" mean here?
You've got to make allowances for their British accents – what does "make allowances" mean?
Reader question: "They will be off the charts" – what's "off the charts".
Chinese learners of English have a greater difficulty when it comes to picking up a new word or expression.
In this newspaper headline – The Trouble with Tough Love – what's tough love?
However, firm's human resources, in and of themselves, did explain improved performance...
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