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

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    (v.) to bathe, or give a bath to, example have a bath (US: take a bath meaning bathe) (n.) plumbing fixture for bathing *(US: bathtub) (n.) the act of bathing (n.) a bathroom (esp. a half bath which has a sink and toilet but no shower stall or bathtub, or a 3/4 bath which has a sink, toilet, and shower stall, but no bathtub) bathroom

  3. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  4. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  5. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  6. 50 Posts And Memes That Went Slightly Into The Realm Of The ...

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    The ‘Slightly Twisted’ page has been a mainstay of Facebook for a very long while. Originally created in late October 2016, over the years, the page has grown by leaps and bounds.

  7. Catachresis - Wikipedia

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    Replacing an expected word with another, half rhyming (or a partly sound-alike) word, with an entirely different meaning from what one would expect (cf malapropism, Spoonerism, aphasia). [5] I'm ravished! for "I'm ravenous!" or for "I'm famished!" "They build a horse" instead of they build a house. The strained use of an already existing word ...

  8. Ohio unemployment rate stable in November - AOL

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    (The Center Square) – Ohio’s November unemployment numbers showed better than the rest of the nation but still relatively average, according to some analysts. The state’s November ...

  9. How a Detroit Lions fan's life was saved and then lost — and ...

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    “It's the little things that you say,” he said, “and you don’t realize how they have that much meaning.” That is the part that I can’t stop thinking about.