i have seen a sentence like " in the foundries" actually what does it mean? thank you
201434
A foundry is a place where castings are made from molten metal according to an end user's specifications. This basic metal distinction between foundries fall under ferrous (iron or steel) and non-ferrous (aluminum, brass, bronze, copper etc.)
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Yep.  Makes perfect gramatical sense.  However, so does\n<Green dreams sleep furiously>  even though it doesn't make sense in any ordinary way.  \n\nIf there is any problem in your sentence,  maybe it has to do with the idea that something has <got frozen>. \nThat isn't something which happens often enough for it to trip off the tongue. \nAlso, does it mean that the program running froze/hung, or does it mean she dropped it in the icebox?  \n\nBut basically, no problem.  Sure it can be written.  Or should that be <certainly>?  :-)
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Along with the enclosed. . .\n\nEnclosures sounds like a cabinet. The enclosed sounds like included paperwork.  Which are you referring to?  \n\nIncluded enclosures. . .  Included with the enclosed. . .\n\nIt depends on what you're specifically trying to say.
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i would think it means dressy, the type things you might were out to go dancing etc, a notch up from the type dress clothes you would wear to work,,,, glittery tops, a little black dress, silky things, shirt and tie for men,  maybe a sports jacket,  etc
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"A stitch in time saves nine."  This means go for prevention, not repair.  e.g. Maintain your car according to the manufacturer's recommendations, don't wait until something goes wrong and you have to spend hundreds to get it fixed.\n"A rolling stone gathers no moss."  Nothing to do with Mick Jagger or Keith Richards.  It means that if you keep busy in your life, you won't get the consequences of being idle - boredom, extra weight, muscle weakness, fatigue, etc.\n"The early bird catches the worm."  A worm is the bird's source of food, nothing disgusting there.  This saying means that if you get to something (a place, an appointment, an objective) on time or ahead of time, you will get the benefits.  An example?  How about a Boxing Day sale?
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What is this referring to? Can you post a clarification?
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D.  is your answer\n\n(To put it in the middle of the sentence, like A or B, breaks up the thought which is the core of the sentence: Her son made the dean's list.\n\nThe position of the phrase in C make it a preposition describing "made," which doesn't make sense in this sentence.  (It would in something like "Her son glued  the dean's list to her wall.")
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This may be more information than you want.  I'll apologize in advance.  \n\nAs two words, the context tends to be, "The blood stained the carpet."  noun/verb.\n\nThe other two seem to most people to be interchangable.  Here's the detail part.  When compund words enter the language, they typically begin as a hyphenated word.  As they become more common, the hyphen drops out, thus creating a true compound.  Therefore, after a certain period of time, the hyphenated version will become obsolete.\n\nAs a side note, you might want to check different dictionaries.  Webster's tends to be more prescriptive, meaning it attempts to influence our language and usage.  America Heritage tends to be more descriptive -- just telling what it is we do with the language.  \n\nAgain, I apologize if that was more than what you wanted to know.
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It typically means that you are missing the noun subject of a sentence or the verb. It will also come up if an offending sentence is a just a clause, e.g. "If the boy were walking his dog". It will also show up if a sentence is too wordy with lots of parenthetical expressions without the proper use of commas, semicolons, colons , etc.\n\nHope this helps!
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This is Russian.  It means commentary (actually it is plural form).  It could also be in a number of other Eastern Slavic languages.
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It can mean either a point later in time, or a person  further along in the organizational chain.\n\nIt was originally a English Naval term referring to messages being passed from ship to ship.
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"That's spooky!" = "That's a coincidence/that is totally unexpected!"\n\n"I'm flattered" = "You have said something nice and I'm pleased about it"\n\n"That's fishy" = "That is suspicious/unusual."
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i think it means 'within' but im not sure
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I can't be sure of the specifics, but it sounds like someone promising something that the other one wants, in order to get something they themself want.\n\nFor example, let's say I want a certain day off work, and I know my co-worker wants to go to a basketball game or whatever.  I might hint that I can get him tickets, on the condition that he takes over my shift for that particular day. \n\nKnowing how some of Metallica's songs go, it would sound like I might say I can get the basketball tickets, even though I can't. Then the other guy finds out he won't get the tickets, but he already worked the day I was supposed to.
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because sometimes those words are not exact quotes.  Sometimes the words in [] are only implied.  for example if you saw "i loved [the cast].  they were great to work with"...  the actual quote may have been "i loved them.  they were great to work with"
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It means something similar to 'Idle hand are the Devils playthings'... they both mean in essence..\nIf you have too much time on your hands, you are going to get in trouble.
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It is grammatically correct if you mean to see that the pattern can be been seen around the clock, but just barely, and that hasn't changed for a while.\n\notherwise it's very awkward and not grammatical.  Depending on what you mean, it should be"\n\nPatterns can still be seen around the clock\nPatterns can just be seen around the clock\nPatterns can be seen around the clock