What does "gleaning the cube" mean? - English Language
May 27, 2011 · It's actually gleaming the cube and as the Urban Dictionary says: To fail so badly that there is brilliance in the failure; A phrase coined by Cinema Abattoir bloggers in reference …
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grammaticality - Is the phrase "for free" correct? - English …
Aug 16, 2011 · A friend claims that the phrase for free is incorrect. Should we only say at no cost instead?
single word requests - English equivalent of komorebi (木漏れ日 ...
Jun 27, 2014 · Is there an English equivalent of komorebi (木漏れ日), which means the sunshine filtering through the leaves of a tree (or trees)? It is made up of three kanji and the hiragana …
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word choice - What's the difference between glinted, glittered ...
@Mari-LouA - I believe the differences would be hard to find in a dictionary (I checked, and it's not as easy as one might think). That said, I think the O.P. ought to post some definitions here and …
latin - Etymology of "mile" -> mille passus -> thousand steps - not ...
Dec 21, 2023 · It is undisputed that a mile (measure of distance) comes from the latin mille passus. Mille means one thousand (1,000) and passus is translated to the Engish cognate …