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the meaning of "stowaway" and "kind of capacity"

What is the meaning of "stowaway" and "kind of capacity" in the following sentences? "A terrorist could infiltrate a member of the crew. A terrorist could come on board a vessel in a stowaway kind of...
15:13 Thu 20th Jan 20054 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:53 Fri 21st Jan 2005
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backing their car up to the front door

What is the meaning of "backing their car up to the front door" in the following sentence? They kept from backing their car up to the front door and making off with a few pieces of furniture.
11:35 Mon 17th Jan 20051 answer, last by andy hughes 12:51 Mon 17th Jan 2005
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Nerds' Jamboree

What is "Nerds' Jamboree"?
11:23 Mon 17th Jan 20051 answer, last by Skids 13:02 Mon 17th Jan 2005
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the meaning of "I'll be damned"

What is the meaning of "I'll be damned" in the following sentence? When he visited a tiny island off the coast of France, Phil commented, "I've studied French for twenty years, but I'll be damned if I...
10:54 Mon 17th Jan 20053 answers, last by Rofl 21:17 Tue 18th Jan 2005
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the meaning of "towel off"

What is the meaning of "towel off" in the following sentences? Walking to the sink, he splashed cold water on his face and tried to wake up. Harsh fluorescent lights glared off the...
06:07 Mon 17th Jan 20052 answers, last by pamnez 16:38 Tue 18th Jan 2005
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the meaning of "end run"

What is the meaning of "end run" in the following sentences?  President Clinton's eight-year struggle to slow down logging and some recreation in the national forests has been repeatedly thwarted...
09:18 Sun 16th Jan 20051 answer, last by Clanad 17:41 Sun 16th Jan 2005
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the meaning of "ram it through"

What is the meaning of "ram it through" in the following sentence?  We're talking about a proposal that impacts 40-50 million acres and they're trying to ram it through in nine months when a...
09:16 Sun 16th Jan 20051 answer, last by mrs.pudding 20:27 Sun 16th Jan 2005
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the meaning of "talk circles around "

What is the literal and figurative meaning of "talk circles around " in the following sentences? The mob boss had been indicted many times, but he had never been convicted because his high-priced...
11:17 Fri 14th Jan 20051 answer, last by brachiopod 13:44 Fri 14th Jan 2005
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the meaning of 'drag one's mind back in time'

What is the meaning of 'dragged his mind back in time' in the following sentences? Looking up at the stone towers of Saint-Sulpice, Silas fought that familiar undertow... that force that often dragged...
08:27 Fri 14th Jan 20051 answer, last by woofgang 10:38 Fri 14th Jan 2005
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origin of "beat someone to the punch"

I know the idiom "beat someone to the punch" means to manage to do or say something before someone else does it(example : 'He wanted to ask Mary to dance, but Ron beat him to the punch.). But Why does...
05:47 Fri 14th Jan 20052 answers, last by allen 13:57 Mon 17th Jan 2005
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the meaning of 'waifish'?

What is the meaning of 'waifish' in the following sentence? Unlike the waifish, cookie-cutter blondes that adorned Harvard dorm room walls, this woman was healthy with an unembellished beauty and...
05:20 Fri 14th Jan 20051 answer, last by Quizmonster 09:00 Fri 14th Jan 2005
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tag sale

What is "tag sale" in the U.S.A.?
06:14 Sun 09th Jan 20054 answers, last by sugarmags 02:22 Tue 11th Jan 2005
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the meaning of register

What is the meaning of 'register' in the following sentences? For an instant, his eyes refocused, lingering on the reflection of his awkward face.dark and oblong, dominated by a flat, crooked nose...
10:57 Thu 06th Jan 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 00:56 Sat 08th Jan 2005
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difference between 'pier' and 'dock'

What is the difference between 'pier' and 'dock'?
05:26 Tue 04th Jan 20055 answers, last by SimonMorton 16:15 Fri 07th Jan 2005
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difference between "make a call" and "place a call"

What is the difference between "make a call" and "place a call"?
01:11 Mon 03rd Jan 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 20:39 Mon 03rd Jan 2005
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appreciate seeing proof

What's the meaning of "appreciate seeing proof" in the following sentences? He turned and gazed tiredly into the full-length mirror across the room. The man staring back at him was a stranger.tousled...
05:28 Sat 01st Jan 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 19:08 Sat 01st Jan 2005
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past is prologue

What's the meaning of the phrase "past is prologue" in the following sentences? California's prisoner backup is building, with seventeen thousand inmates due for parole consideration. If past is...
14:37 Fri 31st Dec 20042 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:51 Fri 31st Dec 2004
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exemplary conduct credits

What' the meaning of "exemplary conduct credits" in the following sentences? In 1983, when Bruce Young was 18, he kidnapped a baby. The infant was recovered uninjured. Young got seven to life. He'll...
14:36 Fri 31st Dec 20043 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:52 Fri 31st Dec 2004
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'public credit' and 'have credit for'

What's the meaning of 'public credit' and 'have credit for' in the following sentences? Hamilton sought a strong central government acting in the interests of commerce and industry. He brought to...
10:10 Wed 22nd Dec 20042 answers, last by Peter Pedant 20:49 Wed 29th Dec 2004

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