what is the meaning of foundries?
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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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they are differenciated according to the depth and the place that they are found
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no such thing as a constructor ( maybe you mean builder or contractor - and then build  what ? residences - commercial properties - dams - bridges ? )\n\nthis assumes the USA maybe contractor is constructor in the original English ? anyway get some construction experience first it is something you move up too not a job that you start with
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Originally a curio was a curious or unusual object of art or piece of bric-a-brac.  It had some intrinsic value was usually displayed in a glass covered Curio cabinet.\nLater, any small item (the poor person’s curio) was called by this name.  These items often had little collector’s value and were displayed on shelf or other flat locations (table tops, etc.) where they could gather dust.\n\nThe phrase “dusty curio” is often used to describe and small item which may or may not be just this side of junk (some dusty curios are extremely valuable, but this may not be known to their owner).
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A building, place, or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value.\n\nThat's the dictionary definition of it.
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A place for everything = There is one specific spot the person has picked for each thing. (Also implies there is enough room for everything to fit.)\n\nEverything in its place = Each thing is in the spot that was picked for it, not out of place.\n\nSimply: The person is saying he/she is completely organized.
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(Just in case this isn't a joke, and you really want to know!!)\n\n"Building" meaning the finished OBJECT was originally a NOUN form), and "Building" meaning the PROCESS is at root a VERB form.   The two forms have separate histories, and their "ing" suffixes were originally different.\n\nThe origins of the forms:\n\nThe NOUN form --  in Old English, the suffix -ung (sometimes -ing)  was often used to create nouns.   This exact ending is still seen in German nouns that end with -ung.    The noun can relate to the original verb ("build") in several ways.  Often it refers to something that is the RESULT of the process the verb refers to.\nhttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ung\nhttp://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english/chairs/linguist/real/independent/eafrica/Diss_Diana/dissch4-3.htm\n\nThere are MANY examples of such words in Modern English.  Consider the following houns which refer to objects which, like "building", are ordinarily NOT "in process" when we speak of them:\npainting,  dwelling, saying,  writing,  gathering, bedding, roofing, sacking, clothing, earnings\n\n(There are other, related ways, that Old English formed nouns from verb roots.  One of these is the suffix -(at)ion, such as:  decision, isolation, explanation.  Another is  -ment:  establishment.)\n\n\nThe VERB form -- in Old English, participles ended with -ende (a form still found in German).\n\nIn Middle English these forms fell together.   That is, both the participle and noun ends became "-ing".   In fact, the use of this form  in expressions like "the building of" is a LATE development (whereas "building" as an object is a very old sort of form).\n\nFor the distinction in the suffixes, see Webster's (1913)\nhttp://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=261832
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Modiste - someone who makes or mends dresses.\ndressmaker, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress\nhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/modiste\n\nDressmaker is a person (usually a woman) who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Also called a mantua-maker (historically) or a modiste.\n\nHistory of dressmaking\nThe Oxford English Dictionary first records dressmaker in 1803. Throughout the nineteenth century and until the rise of ready-to-wear, most women who did not make their own clothes at home resorted to a local dressmaker, who copied or adapted the latest fashions from Paris based on printed illustrations called fashion plates.\n\nToday, custom dressmakers fill a niche between haute couture and ready-to-wear, and are most often consulted for one-of-a-kind special occasion dresses, such as wedding gowns and prom dresses.\nhttp://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/dressmaker
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A group of buildings.\nNot simple, but complex.\nDifficult because of many variables.\n\nSomething like that.... Good Luck!\n\nSue
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Conventional meaning: waste metal or the dross mineral left over from mining and smelting same.\nSlang meaning: a promiscuous person (often female) who isn't terribly choosy about their partners.\n"To slag off"--to diss on someone's reputation.
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to stuff or overcrowed
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"Clever clogs" is both the singular and the plural! It's like sheep. That's both singular and plural. Or trousers! You don't have one trouser (or at least I've never seen one!)
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what do you mean by particular items?
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Although their etymologies are obscure and their meanings\noverlap, these are two distinct expressions. Something poorly\nbuilt is "jerry-built." something rigged up temporarily in a\nmakeshift manner with materials at hand, often in an ingenious\nmanner, is "jury-rigged." "Jerry-built" always has a negative\nconnotation, whereas one can be impressed by the cleverness of\na jury-rigged solution. Many people cross-pollinate these two\nexpressions and mistakenly say "jerry-rigged" or "jury-built."
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artifical = manmade, eg shuttles, telescopes, etc. natural should be self-explanatory: things naturally occuring in space, eg rocks.
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Architects, for instance.
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.Roman catholic.\nIt means: God's will be done.