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December 1
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- Delikatesswarengeschäfte? etc.
- Hamlet
- What is this called?
- Germanic ordinal numerals
- time is not a luxury
- Will the real “Will the real ‘Will the real ... please stand up?’ please stand up?” please stand up?
- Using the wrong word in television ads
- Hello
December 2
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- Shantideva quote - looking for the Chinese version
- Word that means FRIEND or FAMILY MEMBER or Same RELlIGON
- Man created God in his image
- Stone stripes on buildings.
- More German help
- Spastic
- The Theory of Evolution -- "believe" or "accept" or "support" or "does reject" or "prove"?
December 3
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- Cursive letterforms
- sich (German)
- Grammatical mood
- Christmas pickle
- have I used the semicolons correctly in this sentence?
- For the German experts out there
December 4
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- What is the difference between "choice" and "selection", or are they synonyms?
- Deciphering Chinese characters
- Otium#Etymology
- Whats the rest of this ditty?
- Italian question
- Short Telugu Indian translation
December 5
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December 6
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December 7
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December 8
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- No mention
- One Sentence Paragraphs
- Word Describing the Outlawing of Homosexuality?
- Number of Semitic roots
December 9
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- What is the name in Arabic?
- Latin problem - presently tense
- Only too happy
- Played a blinder
- When do mourir and morir take se (become reflexive)?
- Second language education in the English-speaking world
December 10
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- A few thousand or A few thousands?
- Non-Chinese lyrics in the Chinese song 高山青
- So much have changed or So much has changed?
- Translation from English to German, please?
- OSVAH
- Word for someone who doesn't believe in free will
- Translation problems
- Exemplary language usage by websites
- How do you differentiate who's who when there are more than one person with the same last name in a family?
December 11
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December 12
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- What does it mean: "Don’t take net points over gross
- Pray vs. Beg
- Latinise something that Latin-speakers were never aware of please? (might require some creativity/kludging)
- "Typecast" in past tense
- millionaire
December 13
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December 14
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- Facebook Chinese grammar question
- Apostrophe s (possessive)
- German grammar: der & er
- More Arabic Help
- Proper "style" for writing a greeting card?
- difficult foreign language words
- Double period?
- "Si" in Cebuano
December 15
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- Portuguese help
- Meaning of the phrase 'You robbed the gentleman in 253, 5, 7 and 9'
- Swiss(?) German sign
December 16
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- Is there a Spanish speaker in the house?
- Help in looking up articles in Arabic
- Spanish help: Commons sentence
- French help: Commons sentence
- Refs?
December 17
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December 18
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December 19
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December 20
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December 21
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December 22
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- Firefly question (requires a near native Mandarin speaker who is also a sci-fi fan)
- Words start with
- Is there a synonym for possession that does not relate to ownership or daemons?
- Word for Male Ejaculation in Pre-Tudor England . . .
- Japanese adjective inflection
- Translation
- arrow in the knee?
- pet "he" or "it"
December 23
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December 24
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December 25
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- we have tath, spraints, bodewash etc - but what are cat droppings called?
- Polish: Pronunciation of Ł with no vowels around
- English Spelling Reform
December 26
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- Spanish translation
- Disc or Disk ..?
- Find the best pronouns from the option according to the question.
- The English word for a 'given name for everyday use'
December 27
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- Korean help
- Arabic help
- Jana Gana Mana
- Translation Portuguese/English
- Receipt meaning recipe ?
- Pajama man song
December 28
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- Are there more references to alternate language history beyond this video?
- Curate's egg: 'her' and 'she'
December 29
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- Him/himself
- Arabic help
- Brněnec
- Chinese, Russian, and Turkish help
- Language help (Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese)
December 30
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