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Is there a single word or phrase for "excessive humility ...
2018年4月25日 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …
Is it correct to say "I kindly request you to..."?
2012年12月31日 · This is a different and fairly widely-used usage, as tchrist says in his answer. Indeed, in 'would you kindly just give up your seat for my great-grandmother', kindly and just …
When did "floored" become used to mean "surprised?"
2019年8月10日 · From the OED to floor. In various figurative uses; colloquial: To confound, nonplus; to flabbergast, puzzle. In schoolboy slang, to be or get floored: to grow confused, be …
A word for someone who gets scared easily
2016年7月25日 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …
Why do people say "over-" and "underwhelmed" but never just …
Whelm is labeled as "archaic" in NOAD, as it has fallen out of use. Left in its wake are the would-be superlative overwhelm (which, rather than actually meaning "more than whelmed", has …
Why does 'coed' only mean female coeducational students?
Cornell University, one of the first universities to embrace coeducation, became a coed institution in 1870.In a 2005 book by Margaret A. Lowe titled Looking Good: College Women and Body …
How do I say I just got well from a fever yesterday?
2020年5月14日 · Scenario: for example I had a fever for the past two days. After my fever broke I went to hang out with friends where they planned on going to the beach or any activity that …
american english - "I second that motion" or "I second that notion ...
2013年9月27日 · Don't you think notion might work, too? If one can say, "I second that proposal," or "I second that idea," then I suppose "I second that notion" would be acceptable, too.