e.g. imagine somebody is looking for an apartment and needs it from September. They see a post somewhere that says "Crazy cool apartment available from August" and they just ignore the fact that it says "from August".  So when asked "Are you going to take this from August?" they just reply "Oh no I need it from September".  Is there a word for such a behaviour? I can't think of any in either english, italian, spanish or french. Even if you a slovakian word for it, I'd be really interested in it!
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I know what this word really means but I cannot help to think that ignorant also means he ignores his surrounding or the consequences of his actions. "He was ignorant, unwilling to warn the police about what has been happening next door for years” for example. Can anyone tell me the word I am looking for? Or is it too broad to find a suitable adjective?
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I'm looking for a single-word term that describes a personality that wants to give out too many unnecessary details in a conversation.  [EDIT] Let me give you guys an example. Suppose you ask your friend, at what time will he reach your place? Instead of saying it directly, he wanders off track by regurgitating unnecessary details like "I'd be catching the bus at 10, then I'll reach place X by this time, then I'll take another bus to your place, and maybe I'll arrive by 12". Is it circumlocution?
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I know that there is an adjective with that meaning. I just cannot think of it or find it online. I'd be very grateful if someone pointed out a word that means "easy to dismiss" or something similar.  It intend to use it in a sentence similar to this:  "His criticism is ______."
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What it says on the tin, a foreign friend of mine has asked and I can't tell him; apart from it sounding horrible.  For example:  "Why is it raining today?"   Instead of:  "Why it is raining today?"
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I've stumbled upon a sentence:     We can use it until better alternatives will have become available.   Although it sounds valid to me, I believe it conveys the same idea as      We can use it until better alternatives are available.   Am I missing something? Or is the former a more complicated way to express the latter?
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Is there a word that means "a span of six months"? That is, I want to connote a stretch of time that lasts half a year, not an event that happens every six months.
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Imagine you are surviving in the wilderness traveling in a wandering manner. You've found this landscape that is wonderfully abundant in food and basking in a very favorable climate. Therefore, you decide that this is your new residence.  Night is approaching, so you haphazardly piece together a makeshift shelter to make for a more enjoyable living experience while you get your act together.  This shelter is only temporary. After you've become familiar with the land and have gathered finer resources, you will begin creating a proper home complete with securities, amenities, and furnishings.  The word I am looking for is an adjective meaning something similar to "created recklessly for temporary use."      The shelter you were building on your first night was a(n) ________   abode.   The words and phrases "ad-hoc", "off the cuff", "on the run" came to my mind, but none of those are understood to mean what I am trying to communicate (in fact, two of them are not even close). If you think of a word with a meaning that you believe to be similar to what I am searching for, I'd love to hear from you!  Thank you.
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The words are supposed to be there but have been left due to any reason. Is there a succinct term to describe such words?
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This question arises when I try to describe my itinerary to ticket service in the UK. Take for example, I plan to buy a ticket from A to B. B is the terminal. How to say its counter part A? I cannot find a proper term. I have to say "I will depart from A" or "I plan to go to B from A". Or I even use "departure place" to refer to B.
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This has cropped up several times in the past couple of months, and I've been struggling to find  a fitting word to describe this phenomenon. I'll describe it:  You have two choices(no, it's not Hobson's choice). Both of them are desirable, yet both of them each have a tiny part which is most undesirable, such as a tough condition, or a demanding clause. You have difficulty deciding which one to pick.  Whenever something like that comes up, I think of the expression "Can't burn a candle at both ends", but I'm not looking for that.  I'm looking for an expression that describes a difficult choice. Any suggestions?  EDIT: It's idiomatic. I'm quite sure it is. It's an expression of some sort. And no, it isn't "dilemma"
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The day before yesterday I think, my daughter asked me where we were going and since I was not planning to do the weekly shopping on that day and I just wanted to buy some stuff from two stores, I said offhand we are going to the shops! Looking back, it seems when I don't find a NAmE word I turn to UK if I know of.  So what do you say when:   go shopping (it's just go shopping!) you go to buy something specific; I mean you're not going shopping, and it's usually found in any store. You don't have to shop around. you want to buy non grocery or clothing stuff, maybe a can of paint and a spare part for your car together.    I have found some kind of answer for this question on , but I prefer to get a clear answer to my points above, and also if you agree with this native speaker about using store in singular form not plural:     Just as a side note, we don't use the plural in American English. "I'm   going to the store" (even if I may visit several stores), not "I'm   going to the stores". (If we know we are going to several stores I   think it would be more likely to say "I'm going shopping" or even "I'm   going downtown" in smaller towns.)
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Hi I'm looking for a word for someone who is constantly asking for something and keeps wanting updates about it. The closest words I can think of is pushy and, to a lesser extent, annoying. But clearly these words don't directly mean what I intend.
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My name is Tom and my friend's name is Anna.  Anna has a plan to go to Croatia in summer(she bought her flight tickets)  if I talk about her plans , is ''will'' or ''going to '' correct to use in the sentence?(when talking about someone else's plans)  A) Anna will fly to Croatia in summer.  B)Anna is going to fly to Croatia in summer.  if I talk about my planned actions 'going to' is used ,  EX;  I am going to fly to Croatia in summer (not I will.......)  which one (will or going to) is supposed to be used for the context above?
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A customer asked for the posters to be laminated on the front side and he also asked for the posters to be ready by today. But,  I didn't to it as he'd asked us to do. I didn't to it in the way that he'd asked us to do. I didn't to it the way that he'd asked us to do.  PS. here, ask and request are interchangeable without changing any meaning? And which one would you prefer to use between he'd and he had
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Prepone is a great word - it's the opposite of postpone. When you prepone a meeting, you change its scheduled time so that it occurs sooner than originally planned. Has his usage spread beyond India? Would other English speakers understand it?
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I consider myself to be this type of person. A search did not yield anything, but I did find this website. What is the word you use to describe someone who does not like excess, in the sense of quantity of material possesions and / or in purchasing something more expensive because it has a couple of extra features that are not really needed?
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I wonder if someone could tell me which choice works in the following sentence and why the others do not work: (From my point of view, all of these choices work in this context.)  They have great promotion till January 5th......50% off. a) up to; b) until; c) by