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#201 2009-01-14 13:26:35

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#202 2009-01-14 19:14:37

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #311, #312, #315, #316, #319, and #320:-
All the answers are right, JaneFairfax!
The answers to questions numbers (the first two) are actually #311 and #312 and not #312 and #313.

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#203 2009-01-14 19:52:16

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Re: English language puzzles

#321. What does 'jurisprudence' mean?

#322. Who or what is a recluse?

#323. What does 'persona non grata' mean?

#324. What does 'sine qua non' mean?

#325. What does 'sine die' mean?

#326. Who or what is a 'despot'?

#327. What is 'exit poll'?

#328. What is 'delacrimation'?

#329. What does 'del credere' mean?

#330. What does ' piquant' mean?

#331. What does 'inebriate' mean?

#332. What is 'polymerization'?

#333. What does 'repartee' mean?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#204 2009-01-15 06:38:24

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#205 2009-01-16 02:10:16

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #321, #322, #326, #330, #331, and #332:-

Very good, JaneFairfax! All correct!
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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#206 2009-01-16 02:30:37

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Re: English language puzzles

#334. Who or what is a 'paper tiger'?

#335. What is 'ecstasy'?

#336. What is 'emery'?

#337. What is 'bicameral'?

#338. What is 'pandemonium'?

#339. What is 'Xanadu'?

#340. What does 'contrite' mean?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#207 2009-01-16 08:24:19

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#208 2009-01-16 16:27:40

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #334, #335, #337, #338, #339, and #340:-
All correct, JaneFairfax!
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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#209 2009-01-17 04:09:35

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Re: English language puzzles

#341. What does the expression 'Achilles’ heel' mean?

#342. What does 'masquerade' mean?

#343. What does 'helical' mean?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#210 2009-01-17 04:52:51

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#211 2009-01-17 16:47:38

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #341, #342, and #343:-

The answers are all correct, JaneFairfax. Thanks for the additional information.

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#344. What does 'quo vadis' mean?

#345. What does 'gubernatorial' mean?

#346. What is 'somniloquence'?

#347. What does 'alma mater' mean?

#348. What does 'duress' mean?

#349. What does 'cantankerous' mean?

#350. Who is a 'fifth columnist'?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#212 2009-01-17 17:53:40

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#351. What does the phrase 'beating a dead horse' or 'flogging a dead horse' mean?

#352. What is 'onomastics' or 'onomatology'?

#353. What is a 'demonym'?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#213 2009-01-19 16:19:57

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#354. What is 'fecundity'?

#355. What does the phrase 'state of the art' mean?

#356. What does the idiom 'put your foot down' mean?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#214 2009-01-20 02:50:21

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#215 2009-01-20 03:04:54

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #346, #348, and #349:-
All the three answers are correct, JaneFairfax!
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#357. What does 'Psychedelic' mean?

#358. Who is an 'accomplice'?

#359. What does the adjective 'adiabatic' mean?

#360. What does the idiom 'to make someone eat their words' mean?

#361. Who is a 'gladiator'?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#216 2009-01-20 18:26:21

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#362. What does ' inferno' mean?

#363. What does the verb 'vindicate' mean?

#364. What does 'mantle' mean?

#365. What does the adjective 'vernacular' mean?

#366. What does 'decimate' mean?

#367. What does the phrase 'to eat humble pie' mean?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#217 2009-01-20 23:44:07

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#218 2009-01-21 01:36:04

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #352, #354, #355, #357, #358, #359, and #360:-

All the answers are correct, JaneFairfax!!!

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#219 2009-01-21 01:45:59

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#220 2009-01-21 01:48:38

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Re: English language puzzles

#368. Who is an 'actuary'?

#369. What is 'hearse'?

#370. What is 'epitaph'?

#371. What idoes 'ambivalence' mean?

#372. What does 'persnickety' mean?

#373. What does the adjective 'abject' mean?

#374. What is 'sobriety'?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#221 2009-01-21 01:56:40

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #362, #364, and #365:-
All the answers are correct, JaneFairfax!
Your passion for geology is reflected in the answer to #364.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#222 2009-01-21 02:08:37

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#223 2009-01-21 02:28:59

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#224 2009-01-21 02:43:08

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #361, #363, #366, #369, #370, #371, #372, #373, and #374:-
JaneFairfax, all the answers other than the one to #371 are correct. (#371...slightly offtrack?)
Muddleton, all the answers are correct.

To both of you, ........

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#225 2009-01-21 02:47:19

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