Demur [dih-MUR] = to object; hesitate
Demure [dih-MYOOR] = shy
Fatimah, a *demure* π³ girl, *demurred* when she was asked to model swimsuits. π
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Demure [dih-MYOOR] = shy
Fatimah, a *demure* π³ girl, *demurred* when she was asked to model swimsuits. π
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π How to fix a COMMA SPLICE ππππ π§π¨ (4/4)
Is it ever okay to use a comma splice?
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Is it ever okay to use a comma splice?
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π - quixotic (adj.) /kwΙͺkΛsΙtΙͺk/ - mainly literary
~ a vast and perhaps quixotic project
~ a quixotic scheme to end the violence
origin: from Don Quixote + -ic
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~ a vast and perhaps quixotic project
~ a quixotic scheme to end the violence
origin: from Don Quixote + -ic
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β΄οΈ - be (right) up one's alley = be (right) down one's alley (AmE)
β³οΈ - be right up one's street (BrE)
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β³οΈ - be right up one's street (BrE)
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β΄οΈ - venomous vs poisonous πΈ π π±
- If you bite it and you die, it is poisonous. And if it bites you (you are bitten) and you die, itβs venomous.
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- If you bite it and you die, it is poisonous. And if it bites you (you are bitten) and you die, itβs venomous.
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π° - pay one's dues π°
~ She paid her dues playing in small clubs in New York before an album made her famous.
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~ She paid her dues playing in small clubs in New York before an album made her famous.
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βΆοΈ - disseminate (verb) /dΙͺΛsemΙͺneΙͺt/ - formal π‘ππ
= to spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people:
~ One of the organization's aims is to disseminate information about the disease.
~ The purpose of a university press is to disseminate knowledge by publishing books and journals.
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βΆοΈ - dissemination (noun) /dΙͺΛsemΙΛneΙͺΚΙn/
~ the rapid dissemination of new technology
~ the dissemination of information
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= to spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people:
~ One of the organization's aims is to disseminate information about the disease.
~ The purpose of a university press is to disseminate knowledge by publishing books and journals.
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βΆοΈ - dissemination (noun) /dΙͺΛsemΙΛneΙͺΚΙn/
~ the rapid dissemination of new technology
~ the dissemination of information
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