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Thursday, March 12, 2009
shovel-ready
shovel
-
ready
(
US
,
Canada
)
Ready
for
immediate
commencement
of
excavation
and
construction
.
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talk nineteen to the dozen
to speak rapidly and without stopping
abstemious
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence ; as, an abstemious life.
Nureongi
Nureongi (누렁이) and Hwangu (황구; 黃狗) are Korean terms meaning "Yellow Dog" used to refer to tannish mongrel or landrace of dog in...
acrolect - mesolect - basilect
Three portions of the post-creole continuum : acrolect ( linguistics ) The variety of speech that is considered the standard form. m...