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  2. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    New York Slang for saying something is over. Join the choir invisible [14] To die Neutral From an 1867 poem by George Eliot. Referenced in the Monty Python Dead Parrot Sketch, also see Choir Invisible. Join the great majority [2] To die Euphemistic: First used by Edward Young, but the phrase 'the majority' is extremely old. Justifiable homicide ...

  3. List of English words with dual French and Old English ...

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    wish, will, yearning, longing, want (verb) desire (verb and noun) span distance tumble somersault drink (noun + verb) beverage, imbibe deal amount everlasting eternal freedom liberty brittle frail, fragile weak feeble, faint wild savage betrothal proposal kingship monarchy forebear, forefather ancestor reckless intrepid awesome, unbelievable

  4. Ambitransitive verb - Wikipedia

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    An ambitransitive verb is a verb that is both intransitive and transitive. [1]: 4 This verb may or may not require a direct object.English has many ambitransitive verbs. . Examples include read, break, and understand (e.g., "I read the book", saying what was read, or just "I read all afternoo

  5. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    Alt., MDR. Abbreviation in SMS, akin to LOL; for mort de rire (mort, adj. or verb, past tense), or mourir de rire (mourir, verb, infinitive). Lit., as adjective or past tense, dead or died of laughing, so "died laughing" or "dying of laughter"; compare mort de faim for starve. mélange a mixture. mêlée

  6. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    "When Hell freezes over" [2] and "on a cold day in Hell" [3] are based on the understanding that Hell is eternally an extremely hot place. The "Twelfth of Never" will never come to pass. [4] A song of the same name was written by Johnny Mathis. "On Tibb's Eve" refers to the saint's day of a saint who never existed. [5] "When two Sundays come ...

  7. Yes and no - Wikipedia

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    The affirmative sí can replace the verb after a negation (Yo no tengo coche, pero él sí = I don't own a car, but he does) or intensify it (I don't believe he owns a car. / He does own one! = No creo que él tenga coche. / ¡Sí lo tiene!). The word no is the standard adverb placed next to a verb to negate it (Yo no tengo coche = I don't own ...

  8. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    The verb to throw a mardy means to display an outburst of anger. maths mathematics (US: math) MD (managing director) equivalent of US CEO (Chief Executive Officer), also used in the UK Mexican wave simply called The Wave in the US mentioned in dispatches a commendation through being identified positively in a military report [109] [10] milliard ...

  9. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper; Eat, drink and be merry, (for tomorrow we die) Empty vessels make the most noise; Enough is as good as a feast; Even a worm will turn; Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom; Every cloud has a silver lining; Every dog has his day; Every Jack has his Jill