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- What is the meaning of "pie in the sky"?
- How is the word "incommunicado" pronounced?
- What does "netizen" mean?
- Is it OK to say, "Cut jokes in class"?
- What's the difference between "He is honest" and "He is being honest"?
- What is the difference between "contagious" and "infectious"?
- What is the meaning and origin of "keep it under your hat"?
- What is the difference between "affect" and "effect"?
- What is the meaning of "brouhaha"? How is it pronounced?
- Is "tiffin" an English word?
- How should you greet a couple after they have been married for a month?
- What is the origin of "square meal"?
- Is it correct to say, "Both Rahul as well as Peter live in Hosur"?
- Which is correct? "Curd" or "curds"?
- What is the difference between "nought" and "naught"?
- How is the word "rendezvous" pronounced?
- What is the meaning and origin of "face the music"?
- Is it okay to say, "The convict would be hung tomorrow"?
- How is the word "suite" pronounced?
- What is the difference between "dispute" and "argument"?
Know Your English - August 2004
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| Definition: | (verb) Wear off or die down. |
| Synonyms: | lessen |
| Usage: | The doctor told me that the pain should subside during the night and that I should feel much better by morning. |
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 I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) Discuss |
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