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  2. Paraphrase - Wikipedia

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    A paraphrase or rephrase (/ ˈ p ær ə ˌ f r eɪ z /) is the rendering of the same text in different words without losing the meaning of the text itself. [1] More often than not, a paraphrased text can convey its meaning better than the original words. In other words, it is a copy of the text in meaning, but which is different from the original.

  3. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    good, excellent (informal) a one in a suit of playing cards someone who is very good at something (tennis) a winning serve in which the receiver does not touch the ball fighter pilot who has shot down at least 5 enemy aircraft an asexual person (slang) (v.) to perform outstandingly *; esp., to achieve an A (on a school exam)

  4. Wikipedia:Othering - Wikipedia

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    Othering is identifying people by a characteristic that differs from some perceived normative state when irrelevant. ("Otherness, the characteristics of the Other, is the state of being different from and alien to the social identity of a person and to the identity of the Self." Other (philosophy), c.f. intersubjectivity and Edmund Husserl.)

  5. ‘Being different is unique’: How Lizzie Velazquez turned her ...

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    Still, she says, "Despite being in a very small body, I live a very normal life.” (Photo: Instagram) Growing up, Velasquez, now 32, says that she lived in two different worlds.

  6. Writing style - Wikipedia

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    In literature, writing style is the manner of expressing thought in language characteristic of an individual, period, school, or nation. [1] As Bryan Ray notes, however, style is a broader concern, one that can describe "readers' relationships with, texts, the grammatical choices writers make, the importance of adhering to norms in certain contexts and deviating from them in others, the ...

  7. Being kind to strangers is good for you. Why it's healthy to ...

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    Feeling like your kindness is being taken advantage of, or doing too much for other people and neglecting your own needs, may “lead to burnout or resentment,” Rachel Marmor, a licensed mental ...

  8. Verbosity - Wikipedia

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    Contrary to Fowler's criticism of several words being used to name the same thing in English prose, in many other languages, including French, it might be thought to be a good writing style. [20] [21] An inquiry into the 2005 London bombings found that verbosity can be dangerous if used by emergency services. It can lead to delay that could ...

  9. Chick-fil-A Changes Waffle Fries — and Customers Are Not ...

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    The Nuuds clothing founder told the outlet she eats at Chick-fil-A at least a few times a week and "first caught on to something being different with the fries" in November. Michael Siluk/UCG ...