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'Better than I' or 'better than me'?
Same name, different countries
The awkward case of 'his or her'
asylum 'protection from arrest and extradition given especially to political refugees'
insubordinate 'disobedient to authority'
promulgate 'to make known by open declaration'
epochal 'momentous or unparalleled'
clemency 'merciful treatment of someone who could be given harsh punishment'
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to recoil in dread or terror
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A game of winding words.
The story of an imaginary word that managed to sneak past our editors and enter the dictionary.
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