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  1. sublimate - WordReference Forums

    Jan 30, 2008 · Does 'sublimate' have a figurative meaning? What does it mean to say: "A supreme show of deference, he sublimates even his language to the king's." Does it have the sense of suppressing? …

  2. sublimated - WordReference Forums

    Sep 7, 2013 · Alguien me puede echar un cable con el sentido de "sublimated" en este contexto? "Why did the police allow the protesters through? One could imagine that a commanding officer would give …

  3. everything sublimated into his art - WordReference Forums

    May 12, 2015 · Yeah, brilliant parents who didn't get along, closer to his aunt than his mother, obsessed with mortality, believes in nothing, finds life to have no meaning. Just a perfect depressive, with …

  4. to jar your memory - WordReference Forums

    Apr 23, 2010 · First off, yes: jog one's memory, not jar. The violence implied by "jar" could only be applied to memories not simply forgotton or 'out of mind' but to the truly repressed or sublimated. It …

  5. presential - WordReference Forums

    Mar 13, 2019 · I'm in need of an adjective to describe meetings or classes which take place with all the participants in the same room, in opposition to a videoconference meeting or class, for instance. In …

  6. I wasn't expecting or I didn't expect | WordReference Forums

    Oct 14, 2018 · Hi again! I don't understand what's the difference between these two and which actually is the correct one. "I wasn't expecting from you to believe rumours." or "I didn't expect from you to …

  7. Is/are either of you - WordReference Forums

    Oct 1, 2019 · Should I use is or are in the following sentence: Is/Are either of you going to the cinema later? Since either is singular, should I use is?

  8. Attached please find / Please find attached - WordReference Forums

    Dec 20, 2006 · Which is better, in the context of a more formal or business email tone, when sending a little email prompting readers to open an attached document? 1. Please find attached the new Word …

  9. Is "grippy" a dated word? - WordReference Forums

    Aug 20, 2010 · Here's from The Catcher in the Rye: "So it was a good picture, huh?" I said. "Swell, except Alice had a cold, and her mother kept asking her all the time is she felt grippy." I never heard …

  10. Meur, keur / teur | WordReference Forums

    Feb 20, 2013 · Hi everyone, I have just seen the term MEUR and learned that it means Million Euros. There is no conflict about that. Yet, I'm quite confused as to the use and meaning of KEUR and …