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QWERTY, one of the few native English words with Q not followed by U, is derived from the first six letters of a standard keyboard layout. In English, the letter Q is almost always followed immediately by the letter U, e.g. quiz, quarry, question, squirrel. However, there are some exceptions.
Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
do not take away what you did not put in place: Plato, Laws: quae non prosunt singula multa iuvant: what alone is not useful helps when accumulated: Ovid, Remedia amoris: quaecumque sunt vera: whatsoever is true: frequently used as motto; taken from Philippians 4:8 of the Bible quaecumque vera doce me: teach me whatsoever is true
"Okay, you have to stop the Q-tip when there's resistance." Here is the moment immortalized on YouTube: There you have it, Chandler's best quip -- from the one who played Chandler himself.
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“You have my whole heart. You always did. You’re the best guy. You always were.” ― Cormac McCarthy, “The Road” “Dad is, and always will be, my living, breathing superhero.”
Anadiplosis – repeating the last word of one clause or phrase to begin the next. Analogy – the use of a similar or parallel case or example to reason or argue a point. Anaphora – a succession of sentences beginning with the same word or group of words. Anastrophe – inversion of the natural word order.
In literature, an epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document, monograph or section or chapter thereof. [1] The epigraph may serve as a preface to the work; as a summary; as a counter-example; or as a link from the work to a wider literary canon, [ 2 ] with the purpose of either inviting comparison or ...