I was going to go with “protrude” but I’m getting told it is not used in this sense and it wouldn’t be understood. It’s to describe the situation where the TV is on but you are doing something else and not paying attention, so the sound is like a white noise to you. Then there … Read more
Is there a tidy way to represent the meaning of the following? A differs from B (in some substantive/relevant way), even though they do share non-trivial similarities. Answer There’s not going to be one word for this, but here’s a shorter version: Despite similarities, A and B differ substantively. Be sure you mean substantive (meaningful) … Read more
Is there a verb in English for "connecting heterogeneous pieces together in a fast and careless way to build something" to be used against "careful and systematic construction and integration of parts"? In my mother tongue, we have an idiom that roughly translates to "sticking/taping pieces together with saliva" and is used in a negative … Read more
What would you call it if you want to convert the simple binding of a book to the form is shown in the picture? What is verb of doing this? And what is the name of these rings? Answer These kinds of notebooks are called "spiral-bound" notebooks. Here, spiral-bound is an adjective describing the notebook. … Read more
In a song or music, there may be a piece of catchy melody that once you hear, you immediately recognise which song it is from. Here is a situation where you might want one: in a game where a cut of a piece of music is played and you need to guess the name of … Read more
I live in an apartment of a building and when my friend visits me, they can not get into the building unless they press my apartment number on a system placed in the front of the building. There is another piece of equipment with a screen installed in my house. And when visitors press my … Read more
A woman eats a lot of junk food and her children copy her eating junk food too. What is the opposite of "role model"? Can we say "She is a bad role model for her children"? I found this in the dictionary a bad/rotten apple: one bad person who has a bad effect on others … Read more
A Word for someone who has a high tolerance or skill in doing menial, monotonous, or repetitive, low education requiring tasks? Answer In some contexts, you could say trooper: "She’s been sorting through those papers for three days now. She’s such a trooper." AttributionSource : Link , Question Author : Germania , Answer Author : … Read more
I have trouble explaining the crowdness of a road. How can I say if a road is not crowded and you can easily speed up with your car there? Answer In American English, I would use empty or clear, but to mean two slightly different things. I would most often use empty to indicate that … Read more
In anime, people sometimes use the words "aunt" or "auntie" to refer to a young female character. This is in fact a bit insulting, because in Japanese culture, calling a female a word that is considered to be old(er) is rude. My question is, is there a similar culture in English-speaking country? What’s the proper … Read more
