08/09/19

What is the meaning of "pole of time" here?
In the translation of a story by Daniil Kharms, I see the following sentence:> Thirty-five poles of time elapsed and mine host brought Ivan Ivanovich his entrecote on a round wooden platter.Two... more
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08/08/19

Clarify some archaic idioms ("but that" and "as the crow flies") in Dickens' "Bleak House"?
I have a question about a difficult paragraph in *Bleak House* by Charles Dickens.In chapter 2, I came across the following paragraph containing a couple of idioms which I can't understand... more
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08/08/19

What is the word for reserving something for yourself before others do?
In English-speaking TV shows, characters sometimes say something similar to *dips* to say to other people they are taking something for themselves before others do.Neither Google, Wiktionary or... more
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